Large Antique French NAPOLÉON III Era Trousseau or Jewelry Chest, Box, Casket 13.25" burled wood yet this one hasn't much

yet this one hasn't much by way of flaws - a true museum piece

as this would have been on a chatelaine initially

The silversmith marks are for Emile Huignard

laying down the furthermost front color first

and all angles of view of edges which have a bit of rub to the applied gold rim

Large Antique French NAPOLÉON III Era Trousseau or Jewelry Chest, Box, Casket 13.25" burled wood yet this one hasn't muchStunningly beautiful and very well preserved, this is an extra large table box, by Napoleon III standards, and was likely a trousseau chest or 'bride's coffret', in original use. Elegant serpentine form with canted corners and large engraved pencil edging top and bottom, fine exotic burl wood with contrasting inlays and boulle work cartouche, it retains it original hardware, working lock, and key some 150 170 years later on. The interior lid has the