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Description:
Ref: 682SB
http://www.hygra.com/box/682SB 
Antique inlaid figured walnut box with domed top opening to a ruched satin lined lid and a compartmentalized lift-out tray  fitted for sewing with supplementary lids Circa 1870.

Origin: UK ;  Circa: 1870 ; Materials: figured walnut on pine.


Size: 29.6 cm wide by 22.4 cm by 14.5 cm:  11.7  inches wide by 8.8  inches by  4.6   inches.

Condition: good overall; working lock and key; see images.

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compartmentalized lift-out tray fitted for sewing with supplementary lids

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A note still in the box reads:

"Awarded to

Edith Tlawcou,

for 

Diligence  and neatness in the use of her needle: and uniform good conduct in

St. Mary Magdalin's Girls School

Richmond

Xmas 1877.

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