Boxed set: 2 Piece Set: Antique French Tortoise Shell Cigar Case & Coin Purse, Opulent and Elaborately Worked in Pique manicure damage or repairs to the

damage or repairs to the mother of pearl

A fabulous find

Definitely French with a few of the blades marked "Paris" and date to around the late 1800s to earliest 1900s

and enlargements of the paintings of the others for your review

what a beautiful and rare old casket

Boxed set: 2 Piece Set: Antique French Tortoise Shell Cigar Case & Coin Purse, Opulent and Elaborately Worked in Pique manicure damage or repairs to theThe type of set you see here, so opulently finished in fine shell and beautifully inlaid cartouche of gold, is a high end but typical set from France, mid 1800s and was a lovely souvenir or gift for all occasions. Both men and women used these, of course, since even women enjoyed the pleasure of cigars in their day. These types of items survive, usually without mates, but in most cases they did originally come as you see it here, paired in a