France, circa 1920s, oval form, the gallery featuring tortoiseshell veneers and four Grand Tour architectural sites, the lid with view of Paris Exposition of 1867, all within ormolu-mounted beaded borders, interior lined in champagne silk, raised on ornate scrolled ball feet.


Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Some losses to tortoiseshell; cracks to lid glass; some staining to interior.