Antique French 18th Century Georgian Era Seed Pearl and Horn Snuff Box, Heart & Tomb Cache Pot it appears you could easily

it appears you could easily unpick a side and then simply resew it closed after the exchange

It does have some flaws

they will not be separated by me

Fine large antique French Napoleon III era 11 5/8” wide writing or work box

but I've never seen it treated in this manner

Antique French 18th Century Georgian Era Seed Pearl and Horn Snuff Box, Heart & Tomb Cache Pot it appears you could easilyThe iconography might help explain why this 250 or so year old snuff shows no sign of use, and is also in nearly immaculate condition. There in center of the worked seed pearl and gold ornamentation worked on boiled horn is a tomb with a heart atop it. Love and loss, it would have 'remembered' someone very dear who died. Seed pearls were iconographic as the tears of the mourner, as well in that time. Isn't it spectacular! a mourning memento, either a