Early 1800s Antique French Lemonwood Sewing Casket, Box, Coffret, Steel Pique claret beautifully ornate reticulated genuine mother

beautifully ornate reticulated genuine mother of pearl inlays throughout set in a jet black ebony or ebonized wood with locking stationery drawer

Working lock and key is present

and each of the original fitted vanity tools remain inside

partitions in the base have us believe that it was meant to be a playing card or gaming chest though it could also have been fitted with trays and sewing implements

including a chalet

Early 1800s Antique French Lemonwood Sewing Casket, Box, Coffret, Steel Pique claret beautifully ornate reticulated genuine motherA charming little c. 1790s to earliest 1800s French Palais Royal sewing box that has lost it's original interior tray of sewing tools but would love to hold yours or your jewelry. The nicest form for these, sarcophagus or serpentine. It still has the old mirror in the interior lid, the handle up top and the working key remains with the working lock. Lemonwood, it's so pretty to display as a desk box or jewelry box now. It's got a lining inside that is