VICTORIAN ivory aide memoir necessaire with pencil, original box
VICTORIAN ivory aide memoir or necessaire with it's own pencil and in the lovely original box marked "Carassale Hermanos, Montevideo-Paris", notebook 4" by 2-5/8", box 5-1/3" by 4" by 1-1/2". The sterling etched design on the front is tacked with minute nails, 2 of which are missing, and the initials "HIM" are on the shield. The inside of the box is shirred with aqua fabric, as is the inside packets of the book, circa 1880s. This is all in excellent condition with no flaws to note at all, amazing for a piece over 120 years old. The page inside has a bit of old fashioned calligraphy including the date 1888.