SOLD Fabulous Vintage French Folk Art Butcher Shop Diorama shot glass with nude Late 19th/very early 20th c

Late 19th/very early 20th c I believe

Hinges are holding and lid closes flush

Stamped (impressed) on the back Chas Harrison & Co NY

I purchased this and a few other pieces Pierre Albert Leroux (1890-1959) from a dealer in France that I found online

all wonderfully distinct

SOLD Fabulous Vintage French Folk Art Butcher Shop Diorama shot glass with nude Late 19th/very early 20th cI didn't realize French butcher shop dioramas were such a thing prior to finding this one the other day, but indeed there is a long history of them; a quick search turns up a number of quite extraordinary 19th century examples. This from Christie's: "Model butcher shops were probably made to fulfill an educational role, designed to be studied rather than played with as toys, as the cuts of meat and types of carcasses are rendered with some accuracy."