RARE Large Antique French Table Snuff or Jewelry Box, Casket, 18k Gold Stringing and 5.5" Long eyeglasses A wonderful decorative piece but

A wonderful decorative piece but perfect for use also

Three have been some losses on this painting surface and some restorations have been undertaken

the surface of the finished object had a crackled or cracked-ice effect

I am not certain

likely Napoleon III era

RARE Large Antique French Table Snuff or Jewelry Box, Casket, 18k Gold Stringing and 5.5" Long eyeglasses A wonderful decorative piece butOffering a very unique early 1800s table snuff of extra large size. A full 5. 5" wide, it's made like smaller and later ones but with such superb refinement. The exterior has been veneered with a very unique layer of wood look at the grain. I've tried to figure it out and initially thought it was just the tortoise shell worked in a grained pattern. But upon closer review, I'm quite sure it's some sort of very hard wood. The interior is thickly worked