Boxed set: 2 Piece Set: Antique French Tortoise Shell Cigar Case & Coin Purse, Opulent and Elaborately Worked in Pique manicure and enlargements of the paintings

and enlargements of the paintings of the others for your review

yet another of our amazing collection of antique mourning jewelry (slowly working through crates of antique jewelry so please keep coming back to see more as we list)

but they can only be considered 'Old Paris'

and has no hairlines nor cracks

Boxed set: 2 Piece Set: Antique French Tortoise Shell Cigar Case & Coin Purse, Opulent and Elaborately Worked in Pique manicure and enlargements of the paintingsThe type of set you see here, so opulently finished in fine shell and beautifully inlaid cartouche of gold, is a high end but typical set from France, mid 1800s and was a lovely souvenir or gift for all occasions. Both men and women used these, of course, since even women enjoyed the pleasure of cigars in their day. These types of items survive, usually without mates, but in most cases they did originally come as you see it here, paired in a