AN UNUSUAL SOAPSTONE BOX AND COVER

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AN UNUSUAL SOAPSTONE BOX AND COVER
18TH CENTURY

The cover elegantly carved from an ivory coloured stone depicting two butterflies feeding from the nectar of a flower finely incised with floral details, the box of mottled russet and caramel tone carved in the outline of the butterlies, the lobed sides with further flower- sprays--3¾in. (9.5cm.) wide