Elegant Antique French Tortoise Shell Minaudière, Evening and Makeup Purse with Suede Scabbard antique hand carved frame The center stamps compartment lid

The center stamps compartment lid is faintly warped but still fits in just fine

Just a beautiful young woman in blue

longer and curls falling forward around the face

Just as the 1830s transitioned with the Coronation in England of Queen Victoria

Elegant Antique French Tortoise Shell Minaudière, Evening and Makeup Purse with Suede Scabbard antique hand carved frame The center stamps compartment lidThe last of my collection of early 1900s to perhaps c. 1925 French minaudire, make up purse, evening bag created to hold a lady's powder, lipstick, a comb, mirror and a celluloid note panel (this one has shrunken with age and is out of its holder). Rarer to find one of these with the original black suede scabbard that makes it a purse. Full measurements are noted on the photos. Very good to excellent condition for age and type, the only notable