ANGLETERRE, fin du XIXème siècle **-Rectangular box in an arc of a circle formed by a silver cage frame (925) with plain or decorated angle brackets with a frieze of eggs, and leaves cut into spandrels, and brown tortoise shell leaves. The hinged lid is decorated with an ivory bas-relief depicting a battle of the war of Domitian and Trajan against the Daces. It rests on four angular feet decorated in sequence. The inside is also in tortoiseshell, with a red background. The reverse of the ivory bas-relief engraved "59". Goldsmith's mark: J.B., perhaps for Jane BROWNETT, recorded in 1868 or John BATSON, recorded in 1874, LONDON, 1890-1891 [P]. Gross weight: 1,791 g. - Height: 9.4 cm - Length: 40 cm - Width: 17 cm. Some cracks, uplift and splinters in the tortoiseshell and ivory. Oxidation with silvering.