Oblong letter case of embroidered silk. Upright case with a hinged lid at the top. Divided vertically into four sections, and the front section divided again into four small sections. Covered with silk satin and embroidered with coloured silks, metal purl, seed pearls and coloured silk wound on metal strip in long and short, split and chain stitches with couched and raised work and detached buttonholing. On the front of the box is the portrait bust of a King, possibly Charles I, in an oval medallion surrounded by flowers and he is wearing a feathered headdress. On the back is a full length figure of a lady standing on a flowery mound. Above are a house, a tent and the sun emerging from behind clouds. On each side is a scrolling stem with flowers and leaves. The lid is decorated with scrolling stems bearing flowers and leaves. Lined inside with pink silk. Silver braid is stuck around all the edges. Marbled paper is stuck on the bottom. Oblong letter case of embroidered silk satin, England, 1660