An Unusual Late 19thC Coconut Box sub-Art & Sculpture ‘Worked by Margaret

‘Worked by Margaret

the barrel tip being flanged and lifting out to a hollow interior

There is some more recent stitching to the back of the head which had obviously become looser

with no cracks

having been framed and displayed in prominent places

An Unusual Late 19thC Coconut Box sub-Art & Sculpture ‘Worked by MargaretOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900Width: 4Height: 2. 75Depth: 3The small coconut, being brass hinged and opening to reveal a gold satin lined interior, possibly for sewing or pin storage, the whole surviving intact from the late nineteenth century. The box is in good overall condition with no replacement parts. Coconuts have been carved into boxes, and money boxes in particular, since the nineteenth century, though