Antique French Papier Mache 20" x 15.75" Serving Tray, HP, Golden Pheasant, Napo Montereau The panel was

The panel was

quite similar to this one and have shown at least one in that l group image so you can see how mine turned out

and I've collected them for decades

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Antique French Papier Mache 20" x 15.75" Serving Tray, HP, Golden Pheasant, Napo Montereau The panel wasHand painted enamel on this superb mid 1800s French serving tray. Just in from France, this extra large service tray from the c. 1850 70 Napoleon III era, and the very popular (then) Japonaise and Chinoiserie (Orientalism) decorative style made popular by the Empress Eugeniea, wife of Louis Napoloen, last Emperor of France. A Victorian era style that caught on broadly throughout Europe and to America, the Victorian era papier mache objects out of