ANTIQUE & ART AUCTION Tuesday, 14 November 2017 - 9:30 AM start
An antique French Vernis martin billet doux
Realised: $240 plus premium
Lot Details
designed to contain love letters (billet doux - sweet note), the exterior decorated with hunting dogs and birds, opens to reveal a tortoise shell tube, length 125. (Vernis Martin is a type of Japanning or imitation lacquer).
