RARE Large 18th Century French Shagreen Necessaire, Traveler's Etui, 15 Tools, Eating to Drafting, Nutmeg Grater lancet etui Hinges and clasps intact

Hinges and clasps intact

If there is a little crazing to glaze

Austrian or Dutch

First standard French Minerve marks the caps as finest quality French sterling silver

there are parishioners and even a gent on horse there to give scale

RARE Large 18th Century French Shagreen Necessaire, Traveler's Etui, 15 Tools, Eating to Drafting, Nutmeg Grater lancet etui Hinges and clasps intactA superb late 1700s to earliest 1800s French necessaire, vanity etui, vest pocket tools case in silver and shagreen (galuchat, leather made from belly of stingray or shark), which is complete with all original implements (15 pieces in all). It is missing just 1 tool you can see that one rounded open spot next to the scissors. The remaining useful tools include scissors, bodkin with open ear wax spoon at opposite end, The round tube has another capped