Antique c.1850s French Powder Box, Chocolatier's Bonbon Presentation, Sequins, Portrait Miniature Marie-Antoinette architectural very heavy

Antique c.1850s French Powder Box, Chocolatier's Bonbon Presentation, Sequins, Portrait Miniature Marie-Antoinette architectural very heavyThis is a very fun item, Napoleon III era (c. 1850 70) presentation box for some fabulous French chocolatier's boutique, and into which their confections would have been delicately placed. These gift boxes were meant to be saved as souvenir of the gift of the chocolate confections, and some remain today to thrill collectors with the traditions. This one is early celluloid, one of the earliest plastics. It has a hand colored intaglio print portrait

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