Antique French Opaline Egg Shaped Perfume Bottle Stand, Scent Caddy Hand Painted w Perfume Bottle Inside soupier Measurements noted on the images

Measurements noted on the images

in the fine quality you also see in Hermés scarves

for a total nearer $180

This size would have been a table snuff box

some gentleman (likely) ordered this stunning set for his own Grand Tour or business travel

Antique French Opaline Egg Shaped Perfume Bottle Stand, Scent Caddy Hand Painted w Perfume Bottle Inside soupier Measurements noted on the imagesDating 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