Exceptional Victorian inlaid miniature / apprentice jewellery box.

A very fine Victorian sycamore and marquetry inlaid jewllery box of unusually small size, probably a salesmans sample. The top and front inlaid with various geometric marquetry lines, the whole banded in ebony, the lid with a vacant central brass cartouche.

Usually the smaller the box the lower the quality, on this occasion the quality is actually better than the majority of larger boxes. A true collectors piece.

The box retains its original interior including lift-out tray revealing a two compartment section beneath. The box has been re-lined in a plush silver grey velvet.

With working lock & tassled key.

c.1860

7 3/4" x 5 1/4" x 3 1/2" high  (19.5cm x 13cm x 9cm)