A box of export delights at Dawson's

Catalogued as Anglo-Indian but probably Indo-Portuguese, this ivory, tortoiseshell and white metal casket, below, was a box of delight for the vendor.

The 9¾in (24cm) wide box, with a serpent head handle and a hinged side door concealing two drawers…

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