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Rare Antique Child\'s Palais Royal Shell Shaped Sewing Box & Tools *Circa 1810-20 For Sale


Rare Antique Child\'s Palais Royal Shell Shaped Sewing Box & Tools *Circa 1810-20
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Rare Antique Child\'s Palais Royal Shell Shaped Sewing Box & Tools *Circa 1810-20:
$3429.00

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RareAntique Child\'s Palais Royal Shell Sewing Box

French* Circa 1810-20

This petiteset isFrench and from the famous Palais Royal area of Paris, c. 1810-20.The box has embossed ormolu sides and is shell shaped with a solidengraved mother of pearl shell for the top. It has three little gildedbrass lion paw feet.

Inside, thefitted tool tray is lined with the original silk velvet (worn). Themother of pearl tools include winged griffin scissors with gildedmounts, a little snowflake thread winder, a bodkin, 2 miniaturespools, needle case, thimble, stiletto and acut glass perfume bottle with silver gilt screw top. The top of thescent bottle has the fasces hallmark used onParisian 800 silver from 1809-1819. The needle case, stilettoand thimble are all inlaid with enameled gold pansies.

Thetools fit their spaces well. The needle case, bodkin, winder, scentbottle, spools and stiletto are all in excellent condition. Thethimble has a surface chip next to the pansy and a hairline crack onthe side. It\'s solid and sturdy though and is about an American child\'ssize 5 (13 mm diameter opening). The scissors havea broken sectionon one of thebows. They sit nicely in the set for display though.The winder sits ina round mirrored recess under the scissors. The handcut glass perfume bottle is in excellent condition with no chipsor cracks and it has its ground glass stopper.

Theoverall condition of the box is excellent. There is no damage to thepearl top or sides. It closes well with a push button clasp. The tooltray lifts out so threads could be stored below. The top has theoriginal fittedmirror which is trimmed with silk chenille. The mother ofpearl is especially luminous and the box has good balance. It isn\'t topheavy like so many of these sets. Itmeasures 4 1/4\" deep by 5 1/4\" wide by 2 1/4\" high.Thepostage shown includes Registered shipping for non US addresses andinsured shipping within the US.


The Palais Royal was an arcade of shops within a wing of a former royalpalace in Paris. The shops opened in the late 1780s and housed thefinest French artisans selling only the highest quality goods. Items ofmother of pearl and precious metals were specialties there.


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