HOUBIGANT社の花かごモチーフパウダーボックスです。紙製ですが絵にあわせて凹凸が施され、側面や裏側にまで模様が描かれるなど、大変手が込んでいます。詰め替え用の箱とはいえ、そのまま部屋に飾っておきたいような愛らしさです。お気に入りのコンパクトにパウダーを移し変える作業は、女性たちにとって大切なひとときだったのが伺えます。

This is a Houbigant powder box sporting the famous flower basket motif. The box is made from paper, but is embossed with the pattern, and the sides and bottom of the box are also decorated. Despite being only a box of powder to refill compacts, it is pretty enough to add to the interior of any boudoir. The care that has gone into the design of this box suggests that even the simple act of refilling a compact was important to ladies of this period.