of serpentine outline, the interior with chevron banding and star inlay, fitted for cutlery, the front with scroll-shaped lock plate, the cover with a ring handle on scalloped mount, the sides with carrying handles on shaped back plates(21.5cm wide, 35cm high, 20.5cm deep)Footnote: Note: This box is nearly identical to the knife box illustrated in 'Paktong, The Chinese Alloy in Europe 1680-1820', by Keith Pinn, published by the Antique Collectors' Club, 1999. It is illustrated in colour on the dust jacket and in black and white on p 121, pl 98 and 98A.