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Description: A delightful penwork and painted card case. One side depicts flowers and the other an oriental boy in a typical "chinoiserie" garden: it has a pavilion, an enormous leafy plant, the end of a grotto, and a huge ho-ho bird. (see Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies, and Society, 1700--1880 
Antigone Clarke & Joseph O'Kelly,
ISBN: 0764316885
chapter 3).

Origin: England.

Circa: 1820

Materials: Wood.

Size: 3.8"x2.5". 9.5x6cm.

Condition: Wear on original varnish. Small chip inside lip.

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