Scarce Antique French Tortoise Shell Cigar or Spectacles Case, Purse, Souvenir of 1867 Paris Expo Banker's folio Made of paper

Made of paper

regal lion head mascaron figures & solid mother of pearl handled knives

Superb patina to that beautifully hand carved wood

as fresh as the day some Marquis or similarly titled noble received it

marking its arrival on the world stage

Scarce Antique French Tortoise Shell Cigar or Spectacles Case, Purse, Souvenir of 1867 Paris Expo Banker's folio Made of paperA superb and increasingly scarce souvenir of the 1867 Exposition Universelle, Paris a fine Second Empire tortoiseshell gentlemans cigar case inset with an oval glomis miniature of the great elliptical Palais on the Champ de Mars, Ecole Militaire in distance. The reverse painted view on glass (eglomise) captures the sweeping arcaded faade and exhibition grounds in remarkable detail, a refined memento of Napoleon IIIs grand international fair. Unlike