Pen Box with Woman Wearing Beaded Necklace

Cover and sliding compartment with rounded ends. The top is decorated in horizontal format with a female portrait in a circular medallion flanked by birds perching in hazelnut branches on a brown ground. The woman lifts her beaded necklace with one hand. The sides are similarly decorated with oval portrait medallions alternating with birds and hazelnuts. On the base a gold arabesque is painted on a black background.