Object Description
From our collection of fine Japanese metalware of the late 19th Century, this elegant Silver and Shibuichi trinket box with multi-metal decoration.
The cover of the box depicting a family of five ducks falling asleep on a rocky outcrop on the banks of a river. The Silver River with a full Moon in gold reflecting in the water. One of the birds is looking up to the sky whilst the other four appear to be falling asleep.
The interior of the box showing the full Moon high in the sky above the stream and the sides of the box with etched depictions of long grasses and flowing water.