An Unusual Late 19thC Coconut Box sub-Art & Sculpture having been framed and displayed

having been framed and displayed in prominent places

There is some more recent stitching to the back of the head which had obviously become looser

having decoration to the back

the barrel tip being flanged and lifting out to a hollow interior

An Unusual Late 19thC Coconut Box sub-Art & Sculpture having been framed and displayedOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Late 19thCProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1890 1900Width: 4Height: 2. 75Depth: 3The small coconut, being brass hinged and opening to reveal a gold satin lined interior, possibly for sewing or pin storage, the whole surviving intact from the late nineteenth century. The box is in good overall condition with no replacement parts. Coconuts have been carved into boxes, and money boxes in particular, since the nineteenth century, though