Antique French Palais Royal Grand Tour Souvenir Tray, Place Vendome Eglomise chatelaine The silver portions all bear

The silver portions all bear the French Minerve or Minerva hallmark

That interior is without damage

London hallmarks with a date letter for 1910

we will include them as a free gift to the buyer of this vanity chest

but it is a tidy 3

Antique French Palais Royal Grand Tour Souvenir Tray, Place Vendome Eglomise chatelaine The silver portions all bearOne of the very early ones, with the metal fringe all around this is a style we really don't see by the beginning of the Napoleon III era, so it's pre 1850, most likely Louis Philippe era (1830s). This is a very French little "vide poche" or, literally, an empty pocket. This type item was always at a bedside table and would be the repository for anything one carried each day rings, jewelry, pocket watch, or perhaps a small coin purse The souvenir