Acknowledgements                                                                          6

Preface                                                                                            7

Chapter 1: Special Purpose Boxes                                                   8

The Pyx                                                                                           8

Sweetmeat Boxes                                                                          11

Oval Amatory Spiceboxes                                                             13

Nutmeg Graters                                                                             16

Counter Boxes                                                                               19

Patchboxes                                                                                    21

Skippet Boxes and Sealing Wax                                                     22

Dental Boxes                                                                                 25

Toilet Boxes                                                                                  29

Medical Boxes                                                                               30

Lancet or Phlebotomy Cases                                                          30

Surgical Instrument Cases                                                              33

Vinaigrettes                                                                                    34

Snuff and Snuff-taking                                                                    42

Vesta Cases                                                                                  49

The Victorian Scent Bottle                                                             55

The Silver Card Case                                                                     57

The Box Hinge                                                                               58

Chapter 2: Boxes with Royal Associations                                      60

Chapter 3: Applied Ornament                                                        81

Bright-Cutting                                                                                86

Methods of Enrichment                                                                  91

Casting                                                                                          93

Engraving                                                                                       98

Hand-carving                                                                               107

Piqué inlay                                                                                   115

Engine-turning                                                                              116

Repoussé and embossing                                                             119

Die-stamping                                                                               128

Acid-etching                                                                                132

Filigree                                                                                        135

Chapter 4: The Birmingham Boxmakers                                        137

The Famous Five                                                                         142

The Pembertons                                                                           142

The Linwoods of Cogenhoe                                                         143

The Willmores                                                                             144

Joseph Taylor                                                                              144

The Mills Family of Birmingham                                                    145

The Birmingham Repoussé and Die-stamped Silver Box

and a Guide to Topography                                                          146

Boxes by Nathaniel Mills                                                              148

Topographical Guides                                                                  153

Birmingham Gold Boxes                                                               157

Bibliography                                                                                161

Makers' Index                                                                             163

Topographical Index                                                                    164

Abbreviations                                                                              165

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