Antique 1850-70s French Tortoise Shell Aide d'Memoire Necessaire, Card Case - Tortoiseshell soup plates 950/1000 pure silver

950/1000 pure silver

not sterling silver

The barrel of hand painted and layered Vernis Martin is compete and without flaws

The body of the case is fine old Vernis Martin and is inset with some tiny diamonds of mother of pearl

Always fun to compare his with the ones I've found over my long lifetime of collecting them

Antique 1850-70s French Tortoise Shell Aide d'Memoire Necessaire, Card Case - Tortoiseshell soup plates 950/1000 pure silverThe gold edged original notepad remains inside the rich Royal purple moire silk covers and interor, and the shell front and back panels are excellent but the necessaire does have a flaw or two to keep it from being pristine, or expensive. While the nap on the silk velvet spine is no longer there, exposing the original if denuded and faded silk velvet spine as less than it was in its origin, and also the 3 loops of moire silk that would have formed a