Antique Victorian Era French Tortoise Shell & Pique Etui, Manicure Set With Tools in Ivory wine bucket Some bits of inlaid foil

Some bits of inlaid foil missing

I've got a few now that I'm going to use

Some darkened marks to the mirror's silvering but no chips or cracks (a new mirror could easily be cut so there are no marks but the mirror you see is original and I was amazed to find that it's around 1/2" thick ¦)

We clean and lightly apply beeswax to our old woods

and equal those in the Decorative Arts Museum in Prague which has a particularly expansive and impressive collection of the old Czech and Bohemian glasswares from that region

Antique Victorian Era French Tortoise Shell & Pique Etui, Manicure Set With Tools in Ivory wine bucket Some bits of inlaid foilAbsolutely gorgeous! That's the best way to describe this exceptionally fine and well preserved case, both inside and out. The only thing keeping it from being perfectly pristine is the lack of a pair of manicure scissors (easily replaced) and a little light surface abrasion to the old shell here or there. Not a single bug bite or nip or chip or crack to ruin the perfection of this one, and push button opener works well, clasps tightly closed, too.