Antique French Palais Royal Grand Tour Souvenir Tray, Place Vendome Eglomise chatelaine including a draftsman's ruler that

including a draftsman's ruler that is hinged in center

but it is a tidy 3

The silver portions all bear the French Minerve or Minerva hallmark

A bit of wing loss

Aren't these wonderful

Antique French Palais Royal Grand Tour Souvenir Tray, Place Vendome Eglomise chatelaine including a draftsman's ruler thatOne of the very early ones, with the metal fringe all around this is a style we really don't see by the beginning of the Napoleon III era, so it's pre 1850, most likely Louis Philippe era (1830s). This is a very French little "vide poche" or, literally, an empty pocket. This type item was always at a bedside table and would be the repository for anything one carried each day rings, jewelry, pocket watch, or perhaps a small coin purse The souvenir