Boxed set: 2 Piece Set: Antique French Tortoise Shell Cigar Case & Coin Purse, Opulent and Elaborately Worked in Pique manicure mid-Victorian) French oil and vinegar

mid-Victorian) French oil and vinegar

Less loss than most of these we find or see - even in museum display

but they can only be considered 'Old Paris'

5" deepest at the rack

but a later addition apparatus on back makes her ready to hang

Boxed set: 2 Piece Set: Antique French Tortoise Shell Cigar Case & Coin Purse, Opulent and Elaborately Worked in Pique manicure mid-Victorian) French oil and vinegarThe type of set you see here, so opulently finished in fine shell and beautifully inlaid cartouche of gold, is a high end but typical set from France, mid 1800s and was a lovely souvenir or gift for all occasions. Both men and women used these, of course, since even women enjoyed the pleasure of cigars in their day. These types of items survive, usually without mates, but in most cases they did originally come as you see it here, paired in a