Title: Antique wooden Ivory Brass & Mother of Pearl Jewelry keepsake Box
Shipping: $39.00
Artist: N/A
Period: 19th Century
History: N/A
Origin: N/A
Condition: Very Good
Item Date: 1890 to 1920
Item ID: 4675
This is a remarkable antique wooden, ivory, brass button & Mother of Pearl box with inlayed decorations. A very good looking jewelry keepsake letter box with beautiful inlayed decorations. Hand made in Mixed materials Double Jewelry keepsake casket box. We think it is 19th or 20th Century.
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casket
A casket, or a jewellery box is a receptacle for trinkets and jewels. It may take a very modest form, covered in leather and lined with satin, or it may reach the monumental proportions of the jewel cabinets which were made for Marie Antoinette, one of which is at Windsor, and another at Versailles, the work of Schwerdfeger as cabinet maker, Degault as miniature painter, and Thomire as chaser. Caskets are often made in precious materials, such as gold, silver or ivory. In ancient East Asia, caskets often made in wood, china, or covered with silk. Some of these caskets could be collected as decorative boxes.
