commemorative box

Lot 9337 limit € 20

Walnut, cuboid body with hinged lid, inlaid with a rose motif with a pair of birds and a motto: do it like the sundial, only count the happy hours, inside a dedication to my dear daughter Elsa, who was a prisoner of war. Fort Napier, SA (South Africa) 1916, depiction of Cupids on the front, signs of age, etc. glued cover, approx. 8 x 18 x 10.5 cm; Fort Napier in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa was built by the British in 1846 and served as a prison camp during World War I