Antique Napoleonic French Empire Military Vanity Trousse, Fitted Wood Box, Razors, Etc. Terre de Fer Image Hosting by Ruby Lane

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The painting is a bit yellow in appearance

these were also made to hold slippers or brushes

harkening back to the Louis Kings

Antique Napoleonic French Empire Military Vanity Trousse, Fitted Wood Box, Razors, Etc. Terre de Fer Image Hosting by Ruby LaneThat odd looking piece? It's a boot pull. The small tin box? For tooth powders. The old toothbrush is missing, as is the round tin for tobacco. Scissors, ear wax spoon and tooth cleaning tool only the open spaces carved into the lift out wooden tray remain. Some 200 220 years ago, the kit would have been pristine, likely purchased from one of the fitters makers of the Palais Royal, as by Napoleon's time that old Richelieu Palace and its shop lined