Antique Tortoise Shell Sewing Box, Etui - Sterling & Ivory Sewing Implements, Tortoiseshell Casket architect lined in silk

lined in silk

this a nice medium sized one at a hair under 3

yet it does slide and closed and appears fine and in line

No marks on the gilt bronze base

and inlaid with bright semi-precious cut hardstone in the form of foliage and flowers around a inlaid thermometer

Antique Tortoise Shell Sewing Box, Etui - Sterling & Ivory Sewing Implements, Tortoiseshell Casket architect lined in silkProbably an English piece, originally, this beautiful oversized sewing etui is deliciously deep dark and chocolate colored shell mottled with cognac my favorite combination of colors in shell. It has scissors inside which I don't think are original to it, and ivory items which I do believe are original and which fit perfectly into their appointed spots. This one, along with your other fine sewing antiques or shell boxes, when grouped with yours on a