Black leather case lined in green silk and velvet with a plaster cast mounted in the lid and a hinged mount for the jewel.Black leather case lined in green silk and velvetThis is a case purpose-built for a gold and intaglio pendant. It was made to contain a plaster cast of the intaglio, which would make it easier to read the scene carved in the stone. The lid of the case is detached because the joint of the box is worn through.