Antique Tortoise Shell Sewing Box, Etui - Sterling & Ivory Sewing Implements, Tortoiseshell Casket architect Look it over

Look it over

The painting is a bit yellow in appearance

or sometimes terra cotta or ivory

no damage at all to the painting or the wafer upon which it is so beautifully painted (gouache on wafer)

Antique Tortoise Shell Sewing Box, Etui - Sterling & Ivory Sewing Implements, Tortoiseshell Casket architect Look it overProbably 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