Details
An unusual tortoiseshell rectangular holder, the silver spandrels with engraved foliate ornament, the obverse carved with the Arms of Jamaica and the initials E. M. and A. A., the reverse with fruiting trees, the interior with a collection of four combs, West Indies, 18th century -- 6½in. (16cm.) long.
See Illustration.
See Illustration.
Literature
A similar example is illustrated, Howard Ricketts, Objects of Vertu, Barrie and Jenkins, 1971, Page 57.