Featured Looking for information on this little jewel box

This was my grandmother's and she gave it to me when she passed away. She had it since she was a little girl (she was born in the 1894). She told me that it was a manicure box. It is about 1 1/2" x 3". It appears to be gold leaf and it says Made in France on the bottom. Has anyone seen anything like this? Thanks!

 

We don't really see too many things marked "made in" much before the early 1920's ..

 

Thank you. Perhaps I have the story wrong. She must have acquired it as an adult.

 

When you're old (like me) anything before I was 25 is probably referred to as "when I was a little boy"

 

These are very collectible. "Made in France" items such as these, decorated in bronze with rhinestones, date to the turn of the century.

 

Stylistically they look later to me, but if you say so ...

 

It looks dead on for circa 1900 to me, especially the stones and their settings. I'm wondering if there wasn't something glued into those oval holes too.

 

I think my grandmother said that there were white stones in the ovals holes.

 

That sounds likely.

 

Hi Jenny!

Welcome to Antiquers............

 

Welcome Jenny.

Maybe gilt brass.

 

could be called a necessaire

 

Very pretty. Is it unusual that it slides open like a drawer?. I wonder what the original contents were?

 

look like manicure tools in there now.

 

It looks more like a card case to me.