Necessary In Tortoiseshell And Gold. Louis XVI Period.

Necessary brown tortoiseshell rectangular shape. The lid is finely decorated with geometric friezes in two-tone gold. These geometric patterns have been set in tortoiseshell. The center of the lid is adorned with a finely chiselled radiating motif of a rose. The cover is adorned with a yellow gold pusher worked in fine relief and chiseled with a floral garland. The hinges of the kit are also in gold and hallmarked. The kit includes: a mirror in the lid, two compartments closed by tortoiseshell lids and decorated with a gold motif, a compartment comprising a gold-rimmed brush. This set is characteristic of the toiletries in vogue in the 18th century, when the aristocracy used red and white make-up on a daily basis, as evidenced by the portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour painted by Boucher in 1758 (conserved at the Havard Art Museums, Boston ) In addition, the radiance of the complexion was underlined by black flies in taffeta Some small gaps in the scale. L: 5.6 cm / W: 4.3 cm / H: 2.5 cm Gold hallmarks: Load hallmark: Jean Baptiste Fouache 1775-1781. Relief punch: monkey head 1775-1781. Other gold identification hallmarks for small gold objects. Louis XVI period work.