Description
c1790 Shagreen Travelling perfume Necessaire. French Shagreen Scent Case with Miniature Scent Bottles, 18th Century, with Parke-Bernet paper label, with some
areas of the shagreen glued, occasional losses, and areas lifting, one bottle
broken at mouth and lacking cover 3 3/8 by 1 3/4 by 1 3/8 inches. I couldn't
remove the broken bottle but didn't want to force it.
Parke-Bernet Galleries was an American auction house, active from 1937 to 1964,
when Sotheby's purchased it. The company was founded by a group of employees of
the American Art Association, including Otto Bernet, Hiram H. Parke, Leslie A.
Hyam, Lewis Marion and Mary Vandergrift.
