A late 17th century Italian ebonized and bone box, of sarcophagus form with a hinged top containing two bone carved recessed panels and a handle, the interior with later felt lining and box to one end, the front and sides decorated with of with arched panel s between pairs of applied columns, raised on a stepped plinth based, restorations, 34 cm wide, 21 cm deep, 17.5 cm high