Antique French Mother of Pearl Egg Pocket Watch Stand, Tray, Palais Royal Prussian Of course there is some

Of course there is some age tarnish and/or corrosion visible but they're fabulous as is

I had another

Barbedienne noted on many of the very finest artist and artisan bronze casts in museum collections

This one mimics blond tortoiseshell

a nanette-shaped perfume flask

Antique French Mother of Pearl Egg Pocket Watch Stand, Tray, Palais Royal Prussian Of course there is someI've written so many times about the boutiques flanking the garden promenade at the old Palais Royal, palace of Cardinal Richelieu, you all already know the story. This is a trinket, souvenir, from someone's Grand Tour of Paris, first half of 1800s, and very likely from one of those boutiques. Such fun frivolous creativity has gone into these natural mother of pearl shell objects from elaborate mechanical etui presenting sewing sets and or perfume