This miniature cabinet has a single drawer fitted with implements in the same way as the upper section of the layered example in the Gilbert Collection. In order to preserve the right proportions without being top-heavy, it is surmounted by a chased gold urn rather than the more traditional watch. It is probable that this and the four smaller corner urns were originally adorned with jewelled flowers. If it was in fact originally part of a larger cabinet clock, the lower part would have contained a musical and/or mechanical movement which no longer worked and was discarded.

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