RARE Stunning c.1800-20 French Empire Palais Royal Sewing Nécessaire, Box, in Mother of Pearl Chest. Music Box oil painting c.1830s frame and Matt are all

frame and Matt are all in excellent condition

In French paintings of the era (Louis XV to XVI - Marie-Antoinette) showing a woman at her boudoir

Swiss Black Forest bear made into a hollowed tobacco or cigar caddy

Tempting to have it remounted to a tall slender mirror frame

which you're able to do with our enlarged photos

RARE Stunning c.1800-20 French Empire Palais Royal Sewing Nécessaire, Box, in Mother of Pearl Chest. Music Box oil painting c.1830s frame and Matt are allTruly rare and exquisite creation, this early 1800s French Palais Royal Empire dore bronze framed mother of pearl chest of large size is complete with original sewing tools and the music box in compartment below the sewing tray is fully intact and still works. I have seen the engraved parquet mother of pearl chests in museums, or 1 or 2 at market, but this is the first we've owned. It has the feel of a jewel more than a sewing box, and makes one