Large Antique French NAPOLÉON III Era Trousseau or Jewelry Chest, Box, Casket 13.25" burled wood Elegant antique French sterling silver

Elegant antique French sterling silver 2" napkin ring with rococo style pattern in moderate bas relief

Harvest wheat represents the end of life

It does expand for wrist size

and all angles of view of edges which have a bit of rub to the applied gold rim

or it held patches (the little black dots men and women

Large Antique French NAPOLÉON III Era Trousseau or Jewelry Chest, Box, Casket 13.25" burled wood Elegant antique French sterling silverStunningly beautiful and very well preserved, this is an extra large table box, by Napoleon III standards, and was likely a trousseau chest or 'bride's coffret', in original use. Elegant serpentine form with canted corners and large engraved pencil edging top and bottom, fine exotic burl wood with contrasting inlays and boulle work cartouche, it retains it original hardware, working lock, and key some 150 170 years later on. The interior lid has the