Massive Antique French Gaming Chest, Box, LOADED. Marquetry & Drawer, Lock, Key bottles Beautiful old wood

Beautiful old wood

Very good to excellent condition without any chips or cracks or hairlines and really not even loss to the applied gold enamel work that decorates it and rims the lip and base so beautifully

sized as it is

heavy wood with a generous gesso/plaster appliqué which has remained very well intact

almost blindly since the coloration is not at all like the finished product

Massive Antique French Gaming Chest, Box, LOADED. Marquetry & Drawer, Lock, Key bottles Beautiful old woodThis is a spectacular large gaming chest, at 19" long, 12. 5" front to back and 6. 75" tall when closed. It comes with a broad array of gaming cards and chips, as it was fitted and found in France. The size of this fine old 19th century box, and it's style, is that of a trousseau or cashmeres chest (bote a' challes). But it's been fitted to use as a fabulous gambling chest compartmented lift out upper tray holds many decks of playing cards, all