A mahogany and brass-mounted box, lined with tooled red leather and containing a French silver-gilt, ivory, mother of pearl and cut-glass travelling service, the pieces packed into fitted leather trays. Many pieces are engraved with crowned GR or GPR cipher with Garter. The case contains items for the toilet including a mirror, shaving brush, razors, strop and bowl, scissors, bottles for cologne, a dental kit, ear spoons, brush and combs, nail clippers, tweezers, an eyebath, needlecase and boot hooks. In addition, there are implements for writing (pen, pencil, penknife, seal and candlestick), a tea and chocolate service with a small spirit burner, flatware and cutlery and a watch-winder with six different keys.

Pierre Leplain is best known as the goldsmith who worked with the ébéniste Felix Rémond and the steel worker Reynard Schey as a supplier of travelling services to Napoleon. An example created for Empress Josephine in 1806 is in the museum of Malmaison.