A beautiful solid silver and enamel box which should be used for a powder or a solid perfume
two small cups which fit into the box or find the Houbigant and Cheramy brand
A tab helps keep the small box closed, with a pre-Columbian style
engraving on it HOUBIGANT FRANCE brand, a perfume manufacturer CHERAMY FRANCE a perfumer
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Paris 1775. Jean-François Houbigant opens a boutique on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré. “At the Flower Basket”. Very early on, the exquisite perfume of these flowers perfumed the palace of kings and has continued to spread for three centuries. From the beginning, Houbigant perfumes were favored by the Royal Families and Nobility of Europe, including Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France and wife of Louis XVI. Houbigant revealed to the ladies of the court of Versailles the romantic effects of a lightly perfumed fan. “A la Corbeille de Fleurs” was the meeting place of the “Muscadins”. This group of fashionable young people, including Joséphine, future Empress of France, owed this nickname to their passion for musk.