Lady Souvenirs Dance Card In Lacquer And Gold.

Tablet case.
It is rectangular in shape.
It is covered with coral-colored lacquer.
It has a rich yellow gold frame, chiseled with foliage.
Both sides are adorned with medallions under domed glass decorated with hair.
The front simulates a sheaf of wheat tied with a diamond ribbon.
It opens with a hinge and reveals four tablets riveted in gold and bearing maternal inscriptions with dates of birth and a short text: maternal tenderness makes me forget all other feelings ..."
It has its small gold-tipped pencil.
Gold hallmarks Paris 1774 -1780 and master goldsmith's mark Paul Nicolas Menière 
Dimensions: 7 cm X 5 cm
Gross weight: 65.3 g
French work from the Louis XVI period