Early Victorian Pique Book Vinaigrette half hoop Rose cut Diamonds

Rose cut Diamonds

to be fair to him)

8cm in diameter

with what look sort of like playing cards or butterfly wings

Early Victorian Pique Book Vinaigrette half hoop Rose cut DiamondsDATE: Victorian, c. 1840 An amazing early Victorian vinaigrette designed to look like a book. The outer covers each feature a pique panel, and it opens to reveal a charming pierced giardinetto (flower basket) scene, behind which would have been stored a piece of perfume soaked cloth. When the owner required a whiff of sweet fragrance (because, let's face it, 19th century France wasn't all meadows and rose gardens) they could open it up and restore