Fine Antique French Billet Doux, Love Notes Etui via Courier c.1750, Marie Antoinette's Vernis Martin Decorative Favorite mouth blown decanters personally

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A single pillow

and is posed casually with a lovely old chair and a guitar in view

Her low sheer bodice gown is the casual Napoleon 1 Era French Empire fashion

Such is the lasting fame and allure of the French paste gems

Fine Antique French Billet Doux, Love Notes Etui via Courier c.1750, Marie Antoinette's Vernis Martin Decorative Favorite mouth blown decanters personallyBillet doux! Decorative style that of layered paint and varnish, a particularly dimensional process developed by the brothers Martin, hence the reference now as just 'Vernis Martin'. A superb one with 2 separate compartments. Complete and essentially undamaged and still with the 2 silver bands 5 5 8" long, 1" diameter. Shows a couple of women friends, seated ini happy conversation, set in forest of trees against a deep green blue ground. Aren't these