Antique French c. 1770s Palais Royal Mother of Pearl Wriiter's Set, Necessaire, Pen Inkwells, seal, 18th Century eboniste but without the high price

but without the high price of solid 18k gold sets

With all of this quarantine and uncertainty going on

but one I'm not going to get done

and an interesting tuck-worked panel inside lid echos that of the bottom lining

Hinge and clasp are each complete and working perfectly

Antique French c. 1770s Palais Royal Mother of Pearl Wriiter's Set, Necessaire, Pen Inkwells, seal, 18th Century eboniste but without the high priceRare complete set, a Palais Royal writer's ncessaire in carved mother of pearl. Comprised of 2 inkwells, an engraved monogram was seal, paper cutter, dip pen, and sharp scraper tool which is how erasures were done in it's era scraping away the ink from the handmade 100% cotton rag paper or vellum (thin goat skin) that served as writing paper in the last half 1700s when this was given. The very latest might be c. 1810. The interior mirror is unbroken,