RARE Late 18th to earliest 19th Century French Necessaire, Vanity, Desk, Pocket Knife, Scissors, Pen Napoleon Officer shows age but is rare

shows age but is rare

the most notable to the neck of the larger top game bird and the front corner of the right side base leg

there is another black label on the upper portion of the back of the metal facade though about all I can decipher is "Patent Applied for

roughly translated

RARE Late 18th to earliest 19th Century French Necessaire, Vanity, Desk, Pocket Knife, Scissors, Pen Napoleon Officer shows age but is rareA superb late 1700s to earliest 1800s French necessaire, vanity etui, vest pocket tools case in silver and shagreen (galuchat, leather made from belly of stingray or shark), which is complete with all original implements except a thin panel upon which one could take notes. You can see that slender open spot. The remaining useful tools include a pocket knife, scissors, tweezers with ear wax spoon at opposite end, another wax spoon slightly larger may