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A Sorrento-ware casket
of rectangular section, modelled as eleven bookends between two larger books, the cover depicting Swallows and a lute amidst foliage within a mosaic border -- 9¼in. (23.5cm) wide; a Victorian ebonised workbox, the cover inlaid with a mother-of-pearl lozenge, the interior with some fittings -- 11 7/8in. (30cm) wide; and a walnut veneered workbox with similar lozenge decoration -- 10in. (25.3cm) wide (3)
of rectangular section, modelled as eleven bookends between two larger books, the cover depicting Swallows and a lute amidst foliage within a mosaic border -- 9¼in. (23.5cm) wide; a Victorian ebonised workbox, the cover inlaid with a mother-of-pearl lozenge, the interior with some fittings -- 11 7/8in. (30cm) wide; and a walnut veneered workbox with similar lozenge decoration -- 10in. (25.3cm) wide (3)