Antique French Opaline Egg Shaped Perfume Bottle Stand, Scent Caddy Hand Painted w Perfume Bottle Inside soupier to after hours events and

to after hours events and dinners - a hand held clutch or evening purse of sorts

more to be felt than seen

the London date letter is for 1899 and the silversmith appears to be George Day

This 74" long and 27" high arched panel would have been the backrest on a large French settee

Antique French Opaline Egg Shaped Perfume Bottle Stand, Scent Caddy Hand Painted w Perfume Bottle Inside soupier to after hours events andDating to about Napoleon III at latest, likely a bit earlier (c. 1840 50s) survives this charming French opaline glass trinket, likely from the boutiques of the Palais Royal, the old palace of Cardinal Richelieu (such history!). The boutiques were full of finest quality fares from fine clothing to weaponry, elegant silver and travel cases fitted out with every possible traveler's necessity (Ncessaire), and the famed sewing boxes, and whimsical