Rare Antique French Writer's Chest, Palais Royal Casket with 18k Mother of Pearl Tools, Inkwells, Wax Seal Fragonard Artist signature visible below the

Artist signature visible below the youngest children

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Her letters reflect the intellectual sophistication of the period’s salon culture

Opulent as they come with beautiful ebony finished hardwood veneers and brass inlay strips & cartouche

Elegant antique to vintage French vermeil or 18k gold on sterling silver & intaglio etched fruit

Rare Antique French Writer's Chest, Palais Royal Casket with 18k Mother of Pearl Tools, Inkwells, Wax Seal Fragonard Artist signature visible below theLate 1700s to earliest 1800s, this elegant "necessaire" desk top slope opens to reveal the original Palais Royal mother of pearl and 18k gold trimmed writer's implements. Inkwells are original, too. Items include the letter opener paper knife, which as you can see does have a break; eraser tool to scrape the ink error from paper, wax seal without monogram on the matrix; quill knife; stiletto for punching holes in multiple pages of documents which