Antique French Beaded Needlepoint Panel, Spectacles Case, Leather Etui Chinoiserie and important

and important

3 grams in weight

Both beautiful and early to mid 1800s table service items

and it's a lovely personal painting

Might be a beautiful cabinet display "vitrine" to show off a collection of portrait miniatures

Antique French Beaded Needlepoint Panel, Spectacles Case, Leather Etui Chinoiserie and importantPerfectly fitted for a pair of reading spectacles, c. 1840 70s, this gold embossed leather spectacles or reading glasses case is a wonderful bit of the past and presents so beautifully today, you'll want to own it for your specs, display it atop a small stack of antique leather bound books, perhaps, on a side table by your favorite reading chair. The beadwork is fabulous, worked in the same way as needlepoint, one bead added in one stitch each. Very