Petit c.1750-1800 French Scent or Perfume Caddy, Tortoise Shell Pique, Bottle, Complete eyeglasses This mark is the earliest

This mark is the earliest mark for that company

Some wear/loss to the gold enamel accenting

silver 2pc hors d'oeuvre

Things like this just do not come along but once in a lifetime

Always thought I might do this little bit of restoration work myself and have all the necessary pieces

Petit c.1750-1800 French Scent or Perfume Caddy, Tortoise Shell Pique, Bottle, Complete eyeglasses This mark is the earliestRare old perfume flask still inside the elaborate etui or hinged caddy in which it was first placed, c. 1750 1810. Stopper still intact and in place, a little stuck from residue of the scented or perfumed salts within, and we didn't soak it to try to loosen it. We'll leave that to it's next owner. Most of these cases, those that survive at all, no longer have the perfume salts bottle, flacon, flask inside. So treasured is this one, it if not only