Fine Antique French Opaline Cologne Bottle Caddy, Eglomise Souvenir, Paris Vanity Stand
Large at 10" long and 5" wide, this would have been someone's cherished Grand Tour souvenir of a visit to Paris. Beautifully kept, it is a vanity stand with 2 large blue opaline scent bottles, each with eglomise (back-painted glass) images of Paris monuments, and a jewelry tray and stand. a Watch hook there to the front of the mother of pearl 'vide poche' (literally: empty pocket), and a beautiful ormolu cast framework encircling and rising from the old alabaster base. Those 2 opaline bottles are large at nearly 4" tall and nearly 3" in diameter - it's an impressively sized old beauty. Quite usual for these to have numerous flaws, but I see very few to report on this one. Full measurements are accurately noted on the photos. Very good to excellent condition for age and type, I find a single flaw, shown in detail in our photos: there has been a chip at some point in one interior neck which has been repaired (white), though there are no cracks or anything associated with it showing on th