Antique French Pique Worked Tortoise Shell Cigar or Spectacles Case - Tortoiseshell Etui cigar case for the world renowned Maison

for the world renowned Maison Puiforcat

and they're astronomical when we look for them in London

Something like the forerunner of the Swiss Army Knife

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Antique French Pique Worked Tortoise Shell Cigar or Spectacles Case - Tortoiseshell Etui cigar case for the world renowned MaisonNo, it is not possible to have too many of these fabulous antique cigar cases in finest old c. 1840 70 shell, inlaid with various colors of metal and mother of pearl, abalone. But if you can have only one, this one might well be your first choice. A beautiful 'Japonaise' decorated work with exotic birds, etc., puts this one squarely in the Napoleon III era in style, and within the genre made fashionable by France's 0 Empress Eugenie, wife of the