An Early 19thC French Passport, Signed by Jules, Prince du Polignac, Later Prime Minister of France sub-Antiques This charming black toleware box

This charming black toleware box still has a heady aroma

In around 1759 Joseph Fry started making chocolate and the rest

above a hinged writing slope

there are no nicks or tears

The fine peacock wood cane terminating in a hallmarked silver handle fashioned as armadillo armour

An Early 19thC French Passport, Signed by Jules, Prince du Polignac, Later Prime Minister of France sub-Antiques This charming black toleware boxOrigin: France Period: Restauration Provenance: Unknown Date: 1824 Length: 17 inches Width: 10. 5 inches A French passport document bearing the Bourbon arms, made out Au nom du Roi (in the name of the king), to allow a certain Thomas Fitzwilliam English Gentleman, safe passage back from Calais to London. The document is countersigned, stamped, and inscribed by various officials in Dieppe, Calais, and Paris, documenting Mr Fitzwilliam's various