The box has grooved corners and is decorated on the lid and the body with reeds, and with plovers flying above waves. It was probably a ready-made piece for the domestic market, 6.8cm.
The 1835 Burghley Inventory records: ‘Japan Closet, Japan in the Glass case opposite the door(s), sic, B. G A Box with two divisions’.
The 1867 Burghley Inventory records: ‘Cabinets, No 88 Japan Closet, A black and gold japan box with 2 divisions’.
