A METAL GILT SPICECONTAINER IN THE SHAPE OF A BOOK, the spine and separately hinged front- and backcover decorated with C-scrolls, shells, fleurs-de-lis, two crowns and cartouche-form and lozenge-form bosses, the interior rectangular spice-section engraved with stylized papyrus plants and geometrical borders, one side perforated, the other side fitted with a rectangular opening and a small sliding cover to insert spices, the book closing with a shaped triangular wire-work hook, probably The Netherlands, 19th Century