A finely carved and engraved pocket box with a carved whale ivory screw cap. The whalebone body of the box is engraved with a panoramic scene of a lighthouse on a coconut treed headland and a bay view with a schooner in full sail. The domed end of the box has a decorative compass rose.
A sophisticated and finely finished box.
120 mm. (4 1/2 inches).
Nineteenth century.