"Men's Box Necessary For Travel Or Campaign"
Men's box, travel or campaign essentials, including a multitude of objects in a compartmentalized green leather interior decorated with small irons, such as two folding steel lace pulls, two porcelain cream pots enhanced with gold with accidents, visible in the photos, a solid silver timpani, numbered JM, hallmarked with the Paris 950 thousandth, guarantee hallmark and large census with the head of a greyhound and goldsmith's hallmark. On this rear part two visible slots, a small mirror and another object are probably missing. Ivory tube also encrypted with a gold nib and a compartment to slide a pencil in. A point puller with a mother-of-pearl handle inlaid with a small enameled gold medallion. A bone ear pick and tooth pick (reported) Three knives with mother-of-pearl and silver plates with also a numbered crest. (a knife with a silver blade) Two steel hooks and eyebolt. A crystal bottle cut in the shape of a shell with its gold stopper also encrypted. Ivory gouge stamp and corkscrew also numbered. Mother-of-pearl thread holder and token, one of which is damaged. Fish with articulated silver scales. Missing from this tray is a pair of steel scissors. Under this tray, two cut crystal boxes with lacquered sheet metal lids. Two compartments including four razors (choux cutters) with ivory frames and also encrypted silver. A small steel file with a red leather case. On the front, removable tray with four receptacles, two crystal inkwells with silver metal caps, one for sprinkling the sand and the other in reserve. The inside of the cover reveals a writing pad and a paper holder bellows. This set is presented in a solid walnut wood box with its crest also numbered JM as on the objects. It has its key working perfectly just a slight curve on the cover. Set from the First Empire period. Dimensions of the box: Depth: 29.8 cm – Width: 21 cm – Height: 9.7 cm You will find more photos on our site: www.remparts-antiquites.com