Antique French Napoleon III Era Jewel Casket or Trinket Box, Rococo Style Portrait Miniature Black Forest the nutmeg grater alone can

the nutmeg grater alone can command several hundred pounds on today's British market

Original hinges

Total weight is 59

depending upon what was to be served later) took on all sorts of delightful playful forms

It is clean

Antique French Napoleon III Era Jewel Casket or Trinket Box, Rococo Style Portrait Miniature Black Forest the nutmeg grater alone canElegant antique French Napoleon III or Victorian era gilt bronze jewelry casket or trinket box with hand painted portrait miniature on ivory, genuine tortoise shell mat outer ring and in wonderful condition! The sitter in a rococo or lage Georgian style dress, powdered or pale coiffed hair with soft curls and flower ornament, low neckline dress with delicate fichu or lace popular in 18th c. fashion. This work, however, a Second Empire or 'revival'