RARE Large Antique French Table Snuff or Jewelry Box, Casket, 18k Gold Stringing and 5.5" Long eyeglasses as they did in Victorian

as they did in Victorian times and earlier

likely Napoleon III era

The French Minerve or Minerva hallmark

The Whiting company's most important designer was Charles Osborne

RARE Large Antique French Table Snuff or Jewelry Box, Casket, 18k Gold Stringing and 5.5" Long eyeglasses as they did in VictorianOffering a very unique early 1800s table snuff of extra large size. A full 5. 5" wide, it's made like smaller and later ones but with such superb refinement. The exterior has been veneered with a very unique layer of wood look at the grain. I've tried to figure it out and initially thought it was just the tortoise shell worked in a grained pattern. But upon closer review, I'm quite sure it's some sort of very hard wood. The interior is thickly worked