Antique French 18th Century Billet Doux (Sweet Notes Carrier) in Vernis Martin Decoration, Bugs, Flowers Pendant Display It is beautifully hand worked

It is beautifully hand worked beadwork inset surrounded by a gold-embossed frame line

condiments or caviar serving bowl with Classical styling and wonderful visual appeal

the case is in great shape

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From the finest resource for bronze

Antique French 18th Century Billet Doux (Sweet Notes Carrier) in Vernis Martin Decoration, Bugs, Flowers Pendant Display It is beautifully hand workedI just love these old things. The history is as fun as the object. These are rare! What some think might be a cigar case is, instead, a 1700s "billet doux", or directly translated, "sweet note". The case is that into which love notes, invitations to clandestine trysts and such words of love would be sent by courier to one's beloved. Marriage being what it was among elites and titled persons in Marie Antoinette's era and earlier, one did not always