An Unusual Late 19thC Coconut Box sub-Art & Sculpture possibly of mixed Oriental origins

possibly of mixed Oriental origins

aka the Middlesex County Asylum

It is sturdy and ready for use and we have given it a light wax

As such this is a picture with enormous authority

An Unusual Late 19thC Coconut Box sub-Art & Sculpture possibly of mixed Oriental originsOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900Width: 4Height: 2. 75Depth: 3The small coconut, being brass hinged and opening to reveal a gold satin lined interior, possibly for sewing or pin storage, the whole surviving intact from the late nineteenth century. The box is in good overall condition with no replacement parts. Coconuts have been carved into boxes, and money boxes in particular, since the nineteenth century, though