Antique c.1700s French Scent Etui w Perfume Bottle, 18k Cap, Tortoise Shell milkmaid no backstory to tell who

no backstory to tell who is was who did the work

This one dates to the Napoleon III era

The interior moire silk card compartment's side panels still fully intact

have shown it

framed in the typical frame of his era: wood square with turned recess and a brass mounted aperture

Antique c.1700s French Scent Etui w Perfume Bottle, 18k Cap, Tortoise Shell milkmaid no backstory to tell whoA personal favorite, this is one from my own collections and it displays beautifully on one side. Right up front, I point out that the backside panel of tortoise shell has a good deal of bug bite loss to it. It's the only panel they nibbled, thankfully, so with that side down, it's just gorgeous. The perfume flask inside does go with it, though I am unsure if it would have been original to the etui. It fits, but not perfectly snug as I think it would