RARE 9" Palais Royal Carriage Box, Jewelry Casket, Grand Tour Eglomise, Opaline Betjenmann Some like a little restoration

Some like a little restoration

cracks or other damage to either though there is some wear/fading here & there to the told enamel around the rims

And the artistry is further enhanced by the rigorous attention to the detail in the finished pieces - no roughness

Fabulous & rare complete 5pc antique Mappin Brothers marked meat carving utensil or implement set including meat and game carving knives

Painted in gouache

RARE 9" Palais Royal Carriage Box, Jewelry Casket, Grand Tour Eglomise, Opaline Betjenmann Some like a little restorationA fabulous and very rare form among these old Grand Tour souvenirs, this one is a nearly 9" long wheeled carriage, c. 1840 1850, a crackle opaline art glass "egg" casket that is topped by a pair of hinged lids mounted with back painted glass (eglomise) souvenir paintings. The paintings depict Notre Dame and The Bourse (the "purse" the finance center for France). The wheels turn, the carriage has tassels at the handle (a fixture of the early 1800s