A Charles X gilt-bronze-mounted mother-of-pearl Palais Royale nécessaire in the form of a miniature secrétaire à abattant circa 1830

with a rectangular white marble top, the fall-front opening to reveal a funnel and two receptacles for perfume, above three long drawers, flanked by turned columns, the fall-front with a diaper motif, the sides with a roundel above a diaper, with a mirrored back on block feet, the whole engraved with stylised foliage