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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;R. Antonis, post: 3380272, member: 3943&quot;]Hi everybody,</p><p><br /></p><p>I have bought beautiful box last week, and it finally arrived.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s a wooden perfume bottles box. It has 3 green opaline scent bottle in it.</p><p>The box was made in France, during the Napoleon III-period.</p><p><br /></p><p>The technique of this inlay work in called &quot;BOULLE&quot;.</p><p>The inlay consist of brass, and tortoiseshell.</p><p><br /></p><p>(I must say; I have never seen real tortoiseshell before. I thought I had,</p><p>but that piece turned out to be a fake)</p><p><br /></p><p>Although these boxes were definitely made with tortoise shell, I&#039;m sure it&#039;s real.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the mount of the box it says:&nbsp; </p><p>PALAIS ROYAL 7. </p><p>And something in front of it, which I can&#039;t really read.</p><p>Looks like something as: SMAL FIT. or IMAL F.T.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, this isn&#039;t familiar to me at all.</p><p>Palais Royal is. I believe that used to be a glass manufacturer. (Verrerie)</p><p><br /></p><p>In the lids of the bottles there&#039;s a floral decoration, which looks a lot like the works of Jean-Francois Robert, and sèvres.</p><p><br /></p><p>I believe the box dates back to ca. 1850.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway.... my question to you is...</p><p><br /></p><p>The tortoise shell is in very bad shape. It&#039;s cracked and bent.</p><p>Some small pieces are missing also. </p><p><br /></p><p>I would really like to restore this piece myself.</p><p>I have read just a little bit online the last hour.</p><p>Find out you can make tortoiseshell shine again using almond oil, but you should use almond oil for inlay work.</p><p><br /></p><p>Although I&#039;m very pessimistic about it, I would like to give it a try.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does anybody have any tips for me?</p><p><br /></p><p>I think the first step it to get the pieces flat again.</p><p>Should I take it out? Or just humidify it with something?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks for your help in advance!</p><p><br /></p><p>Kind regards <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]301018[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301019[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301020[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301021[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301022[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301023[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]301024[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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