Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
Lovely colour and patination.
Very fine turned decoration.
There are two lids, the first lifts off to reveal half a red ball fixed into the frame.
The second lid lift off to reveal a full red ball.
The stem of this trick is slender in comparison to other examples found.
There is also a hairline crack to the top portion with the half red ball, but it is so slight that I couldn’t photograph it.
H 6 cm D 4.5 cm
Digby Antiques (Wiltshire) has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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