Busacca Gallery

This is a remarkable antique wooden and 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 Century. This was hand carved and made for display. Intricately hand carved Mother of Pearl jewelry box Incredibly beautiful. A fascinating and incredible piece of artistry and workmanship. A lot of work goes into these detailed jewelry box designs. It has a working key lock. Beautiful intricately carved antique mother of pearl on display.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Box

Box (plural boxes) describes a variety of containers and receptacles for permanent use as storage, or for temporary use often for transporting contents. Boxes may be made of durable material such as wood or metal, or of corrugated fiberboard, paperboard, or other non-durable materials. The size may vary from very small (e.g., a matchbox) to the size of a large appliance; while technically a large shipping container could be a called a box, it is not so described. When no specific shape is described, a box of rectangular cross-section with all sides flat may be expected, but a box may have a horizontal cross section that is square, elongated, round or oval; sloped or domed top surfaces, or non-vertical sides. A decorative box normally may be opened by raising, pulling, sliding or removing the lid, which may be hinged and/or fastened by a catch, clasp, lock, or adhesive tape. Whatever its shape or purpose or the material of which it is fashioned, it is the direct descendant of the chest, one of the most ancient articles of domestic furniture. The name, preceded by a qualifying adjective, has been given to many objects of artistic or antiquarian interest.