Chinese Pewter Cosmetic Box

featuring a fitted compartment and a bottom drawer, decorated with a needle carved scene of a woman, flowers and Chinese characters, stamped, together with a Chinese brass letter opener (2)

Measurements:

height 5 cm width 12 cm depth 8.5 cm

Provenance:

Property of a Lady, Sarah J. Conger Nee Pike, wife of the American Ambassador in China, c. 1898-1905, thence by descent, Private Collection Sydney (by Repute)

• EStimate $150 - $250