Antique Black Lacquer Snuff/Trinket Box with Silver "K" celadon which I love for its

which I love for its delicate spiky texture

There are a couple of tiny bits of black paper that have fallen near the edge of the frame

dating to the first or second quarter of the 19th Century

this one with a more dense and saturated concentration of elongated triangular forms

which some might call bird food

Antique Black Lacquer Snuff/Trinket Box with Silver "K" celadon which I love for itsJust a simple one, but a lovely one, with nice lines and a silver K on the underside of the lid, which of course makes this Kate like it all the more. I believe a snuff box but a slightly larger scale one, which makes it useful one for holding rings or earrings or pills or whatever. Lacquer over wood I think rather than papier mache as it is harder and thinner walled. One can never have too many pretty little boxes, I say! 4 x 1 5 8 x 1 5 8 t and in