Both circa 1790, the first an octagonal form, kingwood inlaid borders, lid and front with well defined Prince of Wales crown and plume inlay within a forest green oval, ivory inlaid shield escutcheon, mahogany ellipse inlay to sides, painted and shaded fluted pilasters to three quarter sides, with original lead lining (4 5/8 x 4 5/8 x 3 1/2 in.); the second a cubic form, the sides and top with rendered round paterae inlays, inlaid escutcheon to the top of elliptical inlaid patera, kingwood inlaid borders, shaped finial pull, opens to a leaded interior (5 1/4 x 4 x 4 in.).

Private Collection, Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Peeling and loss to lead interior; some small veneer cracks and small areas of loss, one patera with veneer lifting.