Antique French Napoléon III Era Scent Caddy, Necessaire, in Tortoise Shell, w All 4 Perfume Bottles, Flacon bride's chest Our early 20th century oil

Our early 20th century oil painting is a superb copy

It appears that the fabric inner base liner is a later addition/restoration

I often drop by and just thrill at the old treasures

no photography until after 1838

leaving a real job of restoration

Antique French Napoléon III Era Scent Caddy, Necessaire, in Tortoise Shell, w All 4 Perfume Bottles, Flacon bride's chest Our early 20th century oilThis is a special handling of thin natural tortoise shell scales, not as veneer but molded and then mounted into a framework of brass ormolu. They're more fragile and most often, if you find one at all, it will have some loss to the thin shell. This one is not perfect, but it's close, and if you wanted to display it open, you'll probably just never even think about the flaw to its top. That said, no other flaws on this splendid little caddy and one