Antique French Sterling Silver & Vernis Martin Painting Necessaire & Note Card Stationery Chest A magnificent and very large

A magnificent and very large needlework Masterpiece

But with a wonderful dog carved so nicely up top

identity of these people who lived full lives back in an interesting time in the history of France

bonbon or trinket dish with leaf & glass berry accents and wonderful condition

Antique French Sterling Silver & Vernis Martin Painting Necessaire & Note Card Stationery Chest A magnificent and very largeThis one has a very tiny silver mark that my photographer missed capturing. It's there on the inner lip of the bottom half, where it closed into the upper hinged top portion, and it's a small profile mark that guarantees it as a . 800 1000 purity of silver, made in France between 1818 1838. It is in the earlier style favored by Marie Antoinette, and developed by the brothers Martin, which was a method of layering paint and varnish to get a depth of