Carved Bone African Trinket Boxes - A Pair steel tacks box or just purring

or just purring

There is a nice warm patina to the grass

which seems at once fierce and friendly

The two drawer box features dovetailed corners on the back side

Young or old

Carved Bone African Trinket Boxes - A Pair steel tacks box or just purringI love the carved faces on this pair of trinket boxes, which I believe are African and made of bone and what appears to be silver or silver plate (it is quite shiny.) She certainly looks like a crowned queen, and he looks like quite a wise man and also a bit like Santa Claus! These would be great on a vanity or dresser used as pill boxes or containers for rings and earrings. Sold as a pair. Each box measures 2 5 8" long x 1 1 4" wide x 1 1 8" tall.