A Victorian papier mache and ebonised work box, the lid and front inset with papier mache panels

A Victorian papier mache and ebonised work box, the lid and front inset with papier mache panels painted with hussars bade farewell by young women inscribed Going to Camp, the front with a landscape, the interior lined in azure blue and gilt paper and ivory silk, containing a quantity of contemporary ivory and bone needlework tools and other items (details at mellorsandkirk.com, or please enquire), 31 x 22cm. A particularly well preserved and somewhat unusual example, with no serious faults, damage or restoration. The extensive contents including mother o'pearl silk winders, carved bone and cut steel buttons, other Victorian buttons in part sets, mother o'pearl tape measure, bone tape measure, mother o'pearl buttons, gilt metal purse mounts, pictorial card and other needle boxes, bone and pique pin cushion, turned ivory needle case, 3 further mother o'pearl pin cushions, Chinese mother o'pearl counters, Victorian costume jewellery and parts, mother o'pearl/bone bobbins, vegetable ivory thimble cases and tape measure, two tunbridge work book shaped needle cases, carved and turned bone tape measure and various other related items