The satinwood edge mouldings bordered with rope inlay and the top with a central steel axe head handle within a vivid turquoise rectangular panel with gold, cream, black and gilt decoration within a green border. The sides set with multicoloured ovals, teardrops and other variant quillwork panels in a variety of colours including black, cream, yellow, green and blue.
The compartmentalised interior lined in pink paper with a brass rod fitted with five individual whitewood reels flanked by a pair of whitewood cotton barrels. A further open rectangular compartment flanked by a thimble recess and a pink silk and ribbon mounted needle book. The front fitted with a ratcheted roller flanked by a silk pincushion in tumbler form, whitewood cup and a tape measure aperture fitted with a Chinese bone tape measure.

Jane Earnshaw (d. 1797)
Her sister, Mary Earnshaw
Thence by family descent.