"Straw Marquetry Message Case Circa 1800"
How to elegantly preserve a scented letter from your beloved lover without damaging it by crumpling it in your pocket. A small oblong case, covered with decorations symbolizing love and oaths (the column), fidelity (the dog), memory (thought), and the rose, finely crafted in straw marquetry will be an ideal help. This object is emblematic of the objects made by sailors or convicts around 1800, to improve the ordinary, in societies where patience is the primary virtue. Very good condition. 
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