Antique French Tortoise Shell & Ormolu 2 Bottle Scent Caddy, Perfume Flasks Travel vanity Long story

Long story

Purchase long ago in London

I can guarantee you it is higher than 12k

I wasn't able to photograph the stitches from the back to show you how close to original yarn colors this one is

though a recent upgrading and expansion of larger anchor stores has taken some of its inherent charm away

Antique French Tortoise Shell & Ormolu 2 Bottle Scent Caddy, Perfume Flasks Travel vanity Long storyThese wonderful old early 1800s French caskets are fascinating, and becoming more and more rare. This one is rather large for the style. The French did not just use tortoise shell as veneers, or in boulle worked boxes, but also in this form, thin panels worked by themselves into the brass framework so the light could fully play through the colorful old shell. Relatively thin, it is a fragile style and most have some aging and shrinkage hairlines or