Rare Antique French Writer's Chest, Palais Royal Casket with 18k Mother of Pearl Tools, Inkwells, Wax Seal Fragonard A wonderful find

A wonderful find

and others will explain they were to cover blemishes caused by STDs

mahogany and tulipwood

"Lune" translates from French to "Moon" so that's a clue :)

The carved handle is also fully intact and free of any damage

Rare Antique French Writer's Chest, Palais Royal Casket with 18k Mother of Pearl Tools, Inkwells, Wax Seal Fragonard A wonderful findLate 1700s to earliest 1800s, this elegant "necessaire" desk top slope opens to reveal the original Palais Royal mother of pearl and 18k gold trimmed writer's implements. Inkwells are original, too. Items include the letter opener paper knife, which as you can see does have a break; eraser tool to scrape the ink error from paper, wax seal without monogram on the matrix; quill knife; stiletto for punching holes in multiple pages of documents which