A Pretty Late Victorian Walnut Sewing / Trinket Box with Exotic Inlay sub-Curios on which sits a carafe

on which sits a carafe and two cups

The protective tinning is largely intact and the terminal and terminal plates are in surprisingly good order

and still colourful

Of circular form with carved hand swivel pointer on ebonised circular bases

Hudson and Osbaldiston

A Pretty Late Victorian Walnut Sewing / Trinket Box with Exotic Inlay sub-Curios on which sits a carafeOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 4. 25 inches Depth: 6. 5 inches Width: 10 inches The rectangular box in beautifully aged walnut with a patina that is full of character, having a satinwood lozenge shaped escutcheon and further lozenge shaped exotic fruit and softwood motif to the top. There is a nice inscription to the inner lid that reads; Maggie Williams, Prize for Needlework, August 26th