Antique French Grand Tour Souvenir Card Case, Tortoise Shell Necessaire Tortoiseshell silk so looks like trim

so looks like trim

Over $2600 melt value on the silver in this piece

The outer box

not later than 1830

a tipped over torch and scabbard of arrows lying with a hat and tambourine

Antique French Grand Tour Souvenir Card Case, Tortoise Shell Necessaire Tortoiseshell silk so looks like trimWith one of the most lovely and perfectly executed miniature paintings we've seen, this Paris Grand Tour souvenir 'necessaire' or note pad card case with stylus intact, is a fabulous addition to your collection (or mine!). The image you see so nicely rendered ther on the wafer that is protected still by its glass cover plate, is the Madeleine Church, one of the most famous of all architectural sites in Paris. Rarely do these eglomise souvenir