Antique French Opaline Egg Shaped Perfume Bottle Stand, Scent Caddy Hand Painted w Perfume Bottle Inside soupier and a unique aerial view

and a unique aerial view of the Concord

necessaire - a glorious box with serpentine shaped sides

to after hours events and dinners - a hand held clutch or evening purse of sorts

and you fill both front and back from there - simple

Antique French Opaline Egg Shaped Perfume Bottle Stand, Scent Caddy Hand Painted w Perfume Bottle Inside soupier and a unique aerial viewDating to about Napoleon III at latest, likely a bit earlier (c. 1840 50s) survives this charming French opaline glass trinket, likely from the boutiques of the Palais Royal, the old palace of Cardinal Richelieu (such history!). The boutiques were full of finest quality fares from fine clothing to weaponry, elegant silver and travel cases fitted out with every possible traveler's necessity (Ncessaire), and the famed sewing boxes, and whimsical