Rare Antique 1700s French Wall 7 Pocket Weekly Calendar, Silk Embroidery, Hand Sewn, 13.75" Tall jardiniere Fine early 1800s Tortoise Shell

Fine early 1800s Tortoise Shell

The silversmith mark is most likely for Marie Jousset

"Paris" marked blades and in the original layered storage and/or presentation box or chest

Gorgeous antique French Belle Epoque era sterling silver 1 7/8" napkin ring

only one remains

Rare Antique 1700s French Wall 7 Pocket Weekly Calendar, Silk Embroidery, Hand Sewn, 13.75" Tall jardiniere Fine early 1800s Tortoise ShellFascinating little elegance dating to the mid 1700s, entirely hand sewn, embroidered, silk on silk and linen, it's a little wall hanging weekly organizer, calling card calendar. Each flap has the day of the week (in French, of course), and it meant to hold little notes of schedules, callers, important events. In French paintings of the era (Louis XV to XVI Marie Antoinette) showing a woman at her boudoir, dressing table, you'll see these hung beside