London 1818, of rectangular form, decorated all over with fine engine turned engraving, part marked piano hinged cover similarly decorated, simple plain thumbpiece, 7 x 2.3cm, 36g

Alexander James Strachan, the pre-eminent box maker of the period, supplied the Royal retailers, Rundell, Bridge & Rundell with the majority of their boxes and has consequently been described as the "Paul Storr of box makers".