Antique French Travel Vanity Case Box, Trousse de Voyage or Necessaire Loaded with Jars, Tools serving and this based on a

and this based on a scrap of similar work we have dated from that period as well as reference books

and the closed backsides on earrings

A beauty for display and so tempting to use for your own Grand Tour

the detail is truly remarkable

a gorgeous antique box with Gothic style gilt bronze straps

Antique French Travel Vanity Case Box, Trousse de Voyage or Necessaire Loaded with Jars, Tools serving and this based on aA remarkable 19th century French trousse de voyage, or travel vanity set. This is a train case for a mid late 1800s traveler, and contains everything they need for their daily ablutions as well as to correspond with those left behind. There are writing tools and a fabulous wax seal inside, too, and the green moire silk panel that lifts out and holds the writing tools is also a pouch into which one would store writing paper and evelopes, documents and