Antique French Napoleon III Tortoise Shell Cigar Case, Spectacles Case or Evening Purse, c.1850s Animalier as you can see)

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Pages in that final 1/3 to 1/2 of book look like they are loose

I feel certain there's another reading of that handwriting on back of this portrait

Just one black and one white glass bead and a moment of your time

A fabulous and very early shagreen necessaire

Antique French Napoleon III Tortoise Shell Cigar Case, Spectacles Case or Evening Purse, c.1850s Animalier as you can see)This is a very fine old etui, cigar case in the traditional 1800s style we find in France and England (origins). Great for cigar case, which is the original use intended (no odors), and also wonderful used for spectacles or as an evening purse, which most of us buy these for in our time. The case has superb and beautifully colored mottled old coloration, of course, as we are used to in these finest old items, and the interior is beautifully lined in