A Victorian engine turned ebony box and cover

A Victorian engine turned ebony box and cover, containing a large quantity of treen counters, in various woods, the underside of the lid with a handwritten label inscribed 'This box is of green ebony, the counters of Eucaliptus, Fiji, Australian native pear, african satin wood, Black ebony', 11.3cm diameter.

Provenance: Althorp House, Northamptonshire.