Antique French Mother of Pearl Egg Pocket Watch Stand, Tray, Palais Royal Prussian these hang on a wall

these hang on a wall beautifully just as the fine art and sculpture they are

the Pont Alexandre III

This one weighs 35 grams

Fit for a museum

The frame the 2 Cupids hold has a heart with fire rising in 2 columns

Antique French Mother of Pearl Egg Pocket Watch Stand, Tray, Palais Royal Prussian these hang on a wallI've written so many times about the boutiques flanking the garden promenade at the old Palais Royal, palace of Cardinal Richelieu, you all already know the story. This is a trinket, souvenir, from someone's Grand Tour of Paris, first half of 1800s, and very likely from one of those boutiques. Such fun frivolous creativity has gone into these natural mother of pearl shell objects from elaborate mechanical etui presenting sewing sets and or perfume