A needlework and lacquer box, worked in coloured silks, the lid with an urn of cornflowers, tulips and other wild flowers, flanked by a lion and leopard, two sides worked with birds perched amongst fruit trees, the front with parrots on either side of spray of flowers with the initials ME 1702, the insides lined with padded pink silk--5in x 14in x 12in., English, the lid and two sides probably circa 1660, the box early 19th century