Condition is excellent, and guaranteed so. This is a combined thimble and needle case finely open worked and turned in bone. In the middle of the lid, a bone turned column opens to take needles. Under the vase basement, a rose is engraved. It is a French work, dating from the late 18th Century.
Condition is excellent, and guaranteed so.
We only would mention, for very exigent amateurs, that it maybe possible to find some differences in colour and some veins, as normal, on bone carved items. Rare to find in this very good condition, this pretty and elegant French moving light was in use in the rich houses, before electricity to go from the dinner room to the sleeping room. See our pictures with attention, as we tried to explain with what is difficult to translate in English with our imprecise language. Condition is excellent, and guaranteed so. We only would mention, for very exigent amateurs, that it maybe possible to find some wear, as normal, on the original gilding.