SPANISH ARMORIAL TORTOISESHELL BONE INLAID DRESSER BOX: Wooden dresser box inlaid with intricate heraldic design of bone. Overhanging lid with decorative metal hinges, raised on shaped bracket feet also inlaid with bone, lock but no key, interior lined with tapestry type fabric, approx. 10 7/8'', 6 1/2'', 4 3/4''h. Per consignor - this amazing box was inherited from her great uncle who was the Mexican Cultural Ambassador of Literature to Spain in approx. 1899-1900. He was a famous writer who was immortalize on a stamp.