Antique Napoleon III French Gambling Box or Game Chest, 100s of Chips, Game Counters French Romantic Era Beautiful sheen to the faux

Beautiful sheen to the faux shell and pearlescent shimmer to the accent panels

where the marble coffrets are typically worked in marquetry/mosaic

We might well deliver this to auction through Christie's or Sotheby's but since our business has been build online

Paris and known throughout their history for only the finest of the fine

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Antique Napoleon III French Gambling Box or Game Chest, 100s of Chips, Game Counters French Romantic Era Beautiful sheen to the fauxComplete with a working lock and the original key, literally hundreds of original gambling chips and a pair of game counters (are they for whist?) make this particular game chest a fabulous marvel. Add to that the beauty of the beautiful parquet inlaid and brass stringing outer chest it's just superb in all ways, isn't it. Forgive me for not counting all these chips. It took forever just to separate and compose them in the 4 lift out trays. The ante