An Early 20thC Italian Marbled Paper Faux Book Box sub-Natural History The black basalt ware vase

The black basalt ware vase and cover having a gadrooned cover with acorn finial

with the feet showing a small amount of old woodworm

considering the age and fragility of the toy

We look at her and she looks back

It was opened in 1816 in a building by architect Thomas Standen

An Early 20thC Italian Marbled Paper Faux Book Box sub-Natural History The black basalt ware vaseOrigin: Italian Period: Early 20thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1930 40 Height: 13 Width: 19. 5 Depth: 12. 25 The wonderfully decorative softwood box in the form of eight book spines to the frontage in marbled turquoise paper and each reading famiglia (family), retaining the ivory ribbon to the centre, the other sides clad in a green and pink marbled paper with brass fluer de lys mounts, opening to reveal a roomy vacant inner storage compartment, and