English Sewing Box, British Colonial,

19th c., Kingwood with extensive ivory, ebony and exotic wood inlays, the divided interior with tortoise shell lids highlighted by geometric borders made of alternating light and dark woods, bone or ivory keyhole plate.

4" x 12" x 8"

Moderate age cracks to lid and sides, buckling to left side of lid, some loss to inlaid exterior borders.

The Estate of the Late Charles E. Smith, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

$200 - 400