JAPAN AND FRANCE MID-19th CENTURY Polished shagreen and vermeil sewing kit, Japan, Edo period, 19th century Oval in shape, decorated in taka maki and brown and red gold, on a polished same (ray or shark skin) background, on one side with a pair of fighting cocks and on the other with a bird perched in the vines watching a spider hanging from its thread. Oval shape, opening to the front, containing a pair of scissors, a thimble, a needle, a wool puller and a needle case. Stamped with a boar Total weight: 68 g - L. 10.8 cm - W. 5.9 cm (accidents to the rings on the pair of scissors)