Antique French Palais Royal Grand Tour Souvenir Tray, Place Vendome Eglomise chatelaine That interior is without damage

That interior is without damage

bead festooned bordering and wonderful condition

but it is a tidy 3

to a host of others that would be wonderful gift ideas along with a tin of Davidoff cigars (or other) for your favorite friends who enjoy one now and then

Antique French Palais Royal Grand Tour Souvenir Tray, Place Vendome Eglomise chatelaine That interior is without damageOne of the very early ones, with the metal fringe all around this is a style we really don't see by the beginning of the Napoleon III era, so it's pre 1850, most likely Louis Philippe era (1830s). This is a very French little "vide poche" or, literally, an empty pocket. This type item was always at a bedside table and would be the repository for anything one carried each day rings, jewelry, pocket watch, or perhaps a small coin purse The souvenir