A black lacquered Chinoiserie cutlery box, circa 1720, the narrow rectangular box with spliced lid decorated with gilt landscape scenes to the exterior, internally a segmented compartment complete with a set of six dessert knives and six dessert forks, 18.5 cm tall. Illustrated in Cummins, Dr G., Antique Boxes: Inside and Out, Antique Collector's Club, Suffolk, colour plate 122, p. 79