Circa 1820, black ink on light wood, likely sycamore, the exterior decorated in exotic figural vignettes and elaborate floral and foliate motifs, inlaid ebonized key escutcheon, with ebonized flattened ball feet, opens to twin covered compartments with ornate foliate penwork decoration, and original tin lining to the compartments.

6 x 9 x 4 3/4 in.

From the Estate of the late Elizabeth Benoit, Winston Salem, North Carolina

Eron Johnson Antiques, Denver, Colorado.

Some areas of rubbing to the penwork decoration to the lid and exterior, professional retouching to penwork to reverse and one side, minor losses at the edges.