Description
English Nickel Silver Wire-Inlaid Tortoiseshell Block-Front Double-Compartment Tea Box, third quarter 19th century, the interior covers of tortoiseshell centered with turned bone grips, the interior edges veneered in polished bone, the whole supported on four delicately turned ball feet of polished bone, h. 4-3/4", w. 7-3/4", d. 5".