Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Card or Cake Tray: Eglomise Balmoral Castle Painting pillow The silversmith marks are for

The silversmith marks are for Massat Freres

Gutta percha was a very early cartable material of rather mysterious content

I just love these old French scent or perfume bottles

fork & gigot and the storage case/box

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Antique Grand Tour Souvenir Card or Cake Tray: Eglomise Balmoral Castle Painting pillow The silversmith marks are forWith all the recent Royal's news, we thought it would be fun to list a fabulous antique souvenir of Balmoral Castle: this is one that would have been a Victorian era souvenir of the Grand Tour visitor's trip to Balmoral, Victoria's favorite country manor, and the site of her rumored dalliances with Mr. Brown. One might almost imagine the tiny painted figures there on horseback to be the pair. The back painted glass or 'eglomise' miniature painting has