SOLD 19th C. Chinese Silk Embroidery with Gold Trim Under Glass (Tray) tiny ship but found these smallish bone

but found these smallish bone ones so pretty laid out in their very long slidetop box that I gave in

She stands up fine on her own on a level surface

The globe is molded glass

) The carving was done in very low relief

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SOLD 19th C. Chinese Silk Embroidery with Gold Trim Under Glass (Tray) tiny ship but found these smallish boneThe Chinese embroidery on silk here is very lovely, but what makes this really special feeling to me is the manner in which it was cased set under heavy glass, with a deep lip, and gold trim around the edges matching the gold trim on the embroidery, which turns it into an object, I think likely meant to be used as a small tray for jewelry and the like. As such it feels quite Victorian, akin to doily lined glass boxes and domed wax worlds, and I am