This is an original, early Victorian reverse painted ring or trinket box, almost certainly made as a souvenir to mark the opening of the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London, & dating to 1851.
This is an antique Ebony pill or snuff box with an inlaid Pietra Dura panel to the lid, almost certainly Italian in origin, & dating to the latter half of the 19th century.
The circular box has been made from Ebony (or a similar dark hardwood) and has been very f ...click for details