RARE 9" Palais Royal Carriage Box, Jewelry Casket, Grand Tour Eglomise, Opaline Betjenmann Painted in gouache

Painted in gouache

Pierre Francois Eugene GIRAUD (Paris 1806-1881)

Fabulous & rare complete 5pc antique Mappin Brothers marked meat carving utensil or implement set including meat and game carving knives

it has the open fretwork center feature with turned wood spindles

RARE 9" Palais Royal Carriage Box, Jewelry Casket, Grand Tour Eglomise, Opaline Betjenmann Painted in gouacheA fabulous and very rare form among these old Grand Tour souvenirs, this one is a nearly 9" long wheeled carriage, c. 1840 1850, a crackle opaline art glass "egg" casket that is topped by a pair of hinged lids mounted with back painted glass (eglomise) souvenir paintings. The paintings depict Notre Dame and The Bourse (the "purse" the finance center for France). The wheels turn, the carriage has tassels at the handle (a fixture of the early 1800s