Sewing Box Chinese or imitation Chinese-- gold on black lacquered wooden box painted with men and women, garden scenes, flowers, trees. Hinged lid with lock, lower drawer with similar lock. Brass handles on each side. Carved painted feet at each corner. Top hinged section is partioned wood, with two lidded sections. Top contains many carved ivory or bone utensils: needles, thread barrels (round pots), thread winders (8 petaled flower-like discs) spindles, etc. See https://www.nps.gov/articles/margueritesewing.htm for more information. Bottom drawer contains hinged wooden section and appears to have had wooden partitions that are currently unglued. Referenced "key in top section in closed compartment" but key is not there.
