RARE Stunning c.1800-20 French Empire Palais Royal Sewing Nécessaire, Box, in Mother of Pearl Chest. Music Box oil painting c.1830s shell nor inkwell

shell nor inkwell

the silversmith marks date to mid 1900s and are

you can see a serpent getting ready to strike below his left breast

The nice old burled wood frame is a contemporary to the needlework

RARE Stunning c.1800-20 French Empire Palais Royal Sewing Nécessaire, Box, in Mother of Pearl Chest. Music Box oil painting c.1830s shell nor inkwellTruly 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