Antique Napoleon III French Gambling Box or Game Chest, 100s of Chips, Game Counters French Romantic Era relic and reliquary collectors will

relic and reliquary collectors will surely see how impressive this work is

tenderness and remarkably adept brush

earliest Puiforcat

No missing or damaged veneers that I can see

We might well deliver this to auction through Christie's or Sotheby's but since our business has been build online

Antique Napoleon III French Gambling Box or Game Chest, 100s of Chips, Game Counters French Romantic Era relic and reliquary collectors willComplete with a working lock and the original key, literally hundreds of original gambling chips and a pair of game counters (are they for whist?) make this particular game chest a fabulous marvel. Add to that the beauty of the beautiful parquet inlaid and brass stringing outer chest it's just superb in all ways, isn't it. Forgive me for not counting all these chips. It took forever just to separate and compose them in the 4 lift out trays. The ante