Antique French Opaline Glass Absinthe Service, Tray, c.1850-70, Napoleon III sewing Just in from France

Just in from France

This is a late 1700s item

it takes lots longer to do this one stitch at a time than to paint it

a tiny bit elsewhere but no chips

Antique French Opaline Glass Absinthe Service, Tray, c.1850-70, Napoleon III sewing Just in from FranceThe rare late 1800s French absinthe service, complete but for a lid for the sugar bowl, and in lovely old Napoleon III era opaline glass, hand enameled in garlands of flowers. We have a single bonne nuit set to list tha is shown in final photo, a near match, and which is sold separately. Watch for it, too. Very good to excellent for age and type, no chips, no cracks. The flaw being the lid to the sugar bowl is missing from the set. Otherwise, very