Antique Arts & Crafts Poker Work Jewelry Box

Antique Arts & Crafts Poker Work Jewelry  Box, £145
H4.5" L11.5" D8"
Ref/20764
Antique Arts & Crafts Poker Work Jewelry  Box. No key. Green Velvet Lining. Late 19th century, early 20th century. Some age related wear to inside but still a beautiful and fully useable piece wether its for trinkets or Jewelry ! Two level storage. Decorative poker work  may represent the manticore or mantichore (Latin: mantichora; reconstructed Old Persian: merthykhuwar; Modern Persian: مردخوار mardkhor) is a Persian legendary creature similar to the Egyptian sphinx that proliferated in western European medieval Art as well. It has the head of a human, the body of a lion and the tail of a scorpion or a tail of venomous spines similar to porcupine quills. There are some accounts that the spines can be launched like arrows. It eats its victims whole, using its three rows of teeth, and leaves no bones behind.