From my collections of long long ago, a sweet little Continental sewing etui, possibly French, fitted with what appears to be some original sewing tools and a substituted French needle case from later. The case has great age and from all my decades of experience now, I am quite certain it dates to earliest 1800s, not later than early Victorian era, 1830s. The ivory case is delicately foil-inlaid in gold and silver, and while it's not in the very best condition, it is very charming and priced as it is. Full measurements are noted on photos. It is small, and meant to be a purse or tabletop working set of sewing tools, perhaps made for a child.
Good condition for age and type, as ivory does, it has a shrinkage crack in the perimeter below the pushbutton and similar at the back center of hinge. The tools include likely original scissors and stiletto and substituted French silver needle case and thimble. Sold as is, of course.
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Our offering exceeds the age limitation of "more than 100 years of age", and is well within the exemption for CITES regulation. If imported, met the CITES regulation. This item will be handled and shipped from our Utah business, and is not available for shipment internationally, nor within the USA to California, NY, Nevada, Hawaii, New Jersey, Oregon, Washington if it contains ivory, sorry. Please see our small print for more details.
