Antique c.1700s French Scent Etui w Perfume Bottle, 18k Cap, Tortoise Shell milkmaid They have been well preserved

They have been well preserved and protected beneath the original slightly convex cover glass

in old Paris

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d'Expression sir Faience Porcelaine a Procede de L'Invente au Legros D'Anizy

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 They have been well preservedA 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