This exceptional Samson porcelain jewelry box dates to the late 19th or early 20th century.  It is in excellent original condition.  The domed hinged lid features handpainted polychrome floral enameled vignettes and diapered green reserves and gilt border.  It retains its original molded bronze hinge with clasp.  The lower section of the box features leaf and scroll work banding.  The bottom of the box retains the Samson porcelain factory mark.  

Edmé Samson (b Paris, 1810; d Paris, 1891), founder of the porcelain firm Samson, Edmé et Cie (commonly known as Samson Ceramics), was a famous copyist of porcelain and pottery.  The firm produced high-quality copies or imitations of earlier styles of porcelain, mainly 18th-century European and Chinese and Japanese porcelain, but also earlier styles such as Italian maiolica.