Antique English Mother of Pearl Pique Worked Shell Needle Case, Miniature Knife or Cutlery Box, Georgian Art Deco it's still gorgeous

it's still gorgeous

Superb "as new" condition but for those indentations on the thick soles

These would be fabulous worked into your own custom cabinetry

It opens and expands out via the baffles to have pockets for each month and was surely used to organize receipts of some sort

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Antique English Mother of Pearl Pique Worked Shell Needle Case, Miniature Knife or Cutlery Box, Georgian Art Deco it's still gorgeousC. 1830 Georgian era to very earliest Victorian era needle case, box, made in England and structured like a miniature knife box. The interior still has the dividers into which sets of needles would have been stored. Beautiful coloration, very nice throughout. The box is 2 3 4" tallest, and approximately 1 3 4" widest to 1" narrowest. Very good to excellent for age and type, it has a slight separation on inside lid in the area of clasp (no edging), and