Antique French Hand Carved 5.5" Long Shoe or Boot Snuff Box w Angel, Pique, 18th Century to Early 1800s antique purse lost to years of cleaning

lost to years of cleaning

loads of flowers framing them in

Louis-Philippe to Napoleon III (c

Elegant antique French Charles X to Napoleon III era double well tea caddy or chest with ornate boulle style brass

This one appear to have a clear coat over the exterior and covering all of the brass boulle inlays

Antique French Hand Carved 5.5" Long Shoe or Boot Snuff Box w Angel, Pique, 18th Century to Early 1800s antique purse lost to years of cleaningThere is a wonderful tiny boutique on a tiny street near St. Paul's in the Marais, Paris, where for decades I have visited every trip just to look at the shoe and boot snuffs (and their very elevated prices). One might think they're not as rare as they are the gentleman who's kept the boutique for a lifetime is perhaps the single most prolific collector. Always fun to compare his with the ones I've found over my long lifetime of collecting them. Based