Box with a hinged lid and concave corners, and rounded sides. The substrate is of oak or walnut, veneered in boulle marquetry with a turtleshell ground inlaid with engraved brass. The marquetry consists of strapwork and scrolling foliage, interspersed with masks, birds, bees and wreaths. Gilt brass mouldings run along the bottom edge of the box and also outline the base and top of the lid. Four sphixes, in gilt brass, form the bottom corners of the box and feet. Each side of the lid is decorated with two gilt brass leaves, these are placed at the point at which the rounded edges slope in towards a concave corner.