Antique French Opaline Egg Shaped Perfume Bottle Stand, Scent Caddy Hand Painted w Perfume Bottle Inside soupier necessaire - a glorious box

necessaire - a glorious box with serpentine shaped sides

This 74" long and 27" high arched panel would have been the backrest on a large French settee

and you fill both front and back from there - simple

The fringe is lush

Antique French Opaline Egg Shaped Perfume Bottle Stand, Scent Caddy Hand Painted w Perfume Bottle Inside soupier necessaire - a glorious boxDating to about Napoleon III at latest, likely a bit earlier (c. 1840 50s) survives this charming French opaline glass trinket, likely from the boutiques of the Palais Royal, the old palace of Cardinal Richelieu (such history!). The boutiques were full of finest quality fares from fine clothing to weaponry, elegant silver and travel cases fitted out with every possible traveler's necessity (Ncessaire), and the famed sewing boxes, and whimsical