in the form of a ruffed grouse and her chicks, modelled as an allegory of the Pelican in her Piety, with ebonised eyes, the hinged back with a scallop shell thumb catch
In good condition.
There is a tiny loss to the tip of the birds tail on the right hand side.
One of the chicks wings has a slight loss to the tip.
The thumb catch mechanisim is not fully operational and does not click the lid shut.