HOWELL & JAMES MECHANICAL BRASS TRIMMED COROMANDEL WOOD LADY’S TRAVELING TOILETRY BOX, circa 1870, raising the lid which conceals a leather pouch and brass framed easel mirror, activates the front to drop (it houses 3 brass hand mirrors) and 2 wings swing outward (each are fitted with 3 sterling top boxes and a cut crystal bottle). The interior with 3 sterling and crystal containers, 2 hidden compartments, 2 removable trays. Every piece engraved “Marcia,” Howell & James, 5, 7, & 9 Regent St. W.
Height 8 ¼ in. Width 13 ½ in. Depth 10 ¼ in.