Superb c.1770-1810 French Coin Purse with Gold Wire and Hand Painted Inset, Rare! bronze frame 8 Whiting/Gorham demitasse spoons

8 Whiting/Gorham demitasse spoons

and are in museum collections

A portrait of a child is also rather rare

Priced well and a lovely old one from the finest enamelists

and the inner roundel also has a beveled cover glass

Superb c.1770-1810 French Coin Purse with Gold Wire and Hand Painted Inset, Rare! bronze frame 8 Whiting/Gorham demitasse spoonsI think this is c. 1750 1810. The estate I bought it from in France thought c. 1790. I've seen similar work on c. 1750 1810 snuff boxes and bonbon boxes, but never worked into a purse. I've never seen nor found a purse made in this manner, with the convex glass covered compartment into which sentimental craft has been made. Leather is supple, perhaps an early cordovan, slightly more red on the underside than on the top side. Just a stunning little