A George III leather bound sewing box, circa 1800, the rectangular box with rolled and recessed lid bound in red leather with gilt metal lions head and paw adornments, internally a multi compartmentalised interior for sewing equipment and a lower drawer for storage, 34 cm wide. Illustrated in Cummins, Dr G., Antique Boxes: Inside and Out, Antique Collector's Club, Suffolk, colour plate 575a, p. 311