Large Antique French NAPOLÉON III Era Trousseau or Jewelry Chest, Box, Casket 13.25" burled wood not a single chip to

not a single chip to report

laying down the furthermost front color first

Elegant antique French sterling silver 2" napkin ring with rococo style pattern in moderate bas relief

although not in any significant numbers until the middle decades

It would not wind and I simply noted it is in an overwound state

Large Antique French NAPOLÉON III Era Trousseau or Jewelry Chest, Box, Casket 13.25" burled wood not a single chip toStunningly beautiful and very well preserved, this is an extra large table box, by Napoleon III standards, and was likely a trousseau chest or 'bride's coffret', in original use. Elegant serpentine form with canted corners and large engraved pencil edging top and bottom, fine exotic burl wood with contrasting inlays and boulle work cartouche, it retains it original hardware, working lock, and key some 150 170 years later on. The interior lid has the