Antique French Charles X Era Double Well Tea Caddy, Boulle Style Inlay sugar one of my favorites

one of my favorites

The piece stands steady but may have a slight bend at one or two corners

and the frame is as nice as the painting

65 grams or 2

The earliest that we can date the conception of the inkwell is with the Ancient Egyptians

Antique French Charles X Era Double Well Tea Caddy, Boulle Style Inlay sugar one of my favoritesElegant antique French Charles X to Napoleon III era double well tea caddy or chest with ornate boulle style brass, white metal & mother of pearl inlays and "The" inlay! We'd date this one to around the mid 1800s, the undulating carved ebony trim is more from the Charles X era but we'll extend that to the the Napoleon III era just in case. A lovely piece, nice larger size and in the elegant ebony or ebonized style with boulle style inlays including