Stunning Antique French Palais Royal 5-Draw Monocular, Opera Glass in Mother of Pearl and Cut Steel Jewels needlework hoop Empire Revival style with gilt

Empire Revival style with gilt ormolu or bronze outer

I have not opened this miniature or taken it from its sealed frame

beautiful carved solid rosewood handle

Artist signed oil painting on stretched canvas

This little one's face is only 1/4" - and yet you see the sweetness of her face

Stunning Antique French Palais Royal 5-Draw Monocular, Opera Glass in Mother of Pearl and Cut Steel Jewels needlework hoop Empire Revival style with giltWhile this one is more like 185 200 years old, (c. 1825 1840) it has a feel of being just found in some silk velvet bag in a drawer of a 15 generation chateau's library. It is as close to pristine as any I've ever seen. Eyepiece tells us it was originally purchased at "Derepas #25 Palais Royal", a luxury retailer, optician and fine goods rather than being a manufactory of same. The finest market in Paris history is surely the Palais Royal, the former