A GOOD FRENCH IVORY AND GILT COPPER CASKET, of rectangular form with roof-shaped lid, the ivory veneer bound by gilt-copper straps engraved with zig-zag decoration, baluster-knopped swing handle, lock plate engraved with arabesques, the lid with sliding drawer at the side (four sections of copper banding at one end lacking; ivory cracked), 16th Century

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A GOOD FRENCH IVORY AND GILT COPPER CASKET, of rectangular form with roof-shaped lid, the ivory veneer bound by gilt-copper straps engraved with zig-zag decoration, baluster-knopped swing handle, lock plate engraved with arabesques, the lid with sliding drawer at the side (four sections of copper banding at one end lacking; ivory cracked), 16th Century
5 x 7¾in. (12.7 x 19.7cm.)

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