Rare Antique French Wax Seal, Paper Knife or Letter Opener, Vermeil Blade, Matrix, and Banded Agate Handles pencil One small age or drying

One small age or drying crack in the lid panel around the 5 o'clock position

Just down the south end of the Eiffel Tower on the Champs de Mars

The people in the carved scene are less than 3/8" tall

Certainly what we see remaining here of this particular late-1800s set leaves us greatly impressed by the person who originally chose this one

and we think ours is a few centuries later

Rare Antique French Wax Seal, Paper Knife or Letter Opener, Vermeil Blade, Matrix, and Banded Agate Handles pencil One small age or dryingA stunning fine desk set, 2 pieces: antique French . 800 1000 pure silver (boar's head mark) with 18k gold layer (vermeil) desk pieces to include both the 8 5 8" long letter opener or paper knife, and the monogrammed wax seal. Each with a perfect handle in carved agate. The 2 pieces are just elegant, preserved with the 18k gold coating on fine silver quite fully intact. They look like gold. You have to find the tiny French mark (boar's head profile)