18th century Elegantly cast in the form of a ruyi head, one side featuring a metal-embossed figure of a European lady wearing loose clothing and hair neatly coiffed using a floral wreath, her left hand raised with an exotic bird perched with wings extended, a European gentleman admiring her from the right; the other side with a farmer working in the fields, his right hand spreading seedlings and left hand holding a sickle, clearing weeds from the field with a jug and scythe beside him, the lobed sides further decorated with four lobed cartouches of birds perched on trees, the inside cover further bearing a scene of two figures seated atop rockworks within an alcove, indulging in a passionate kiss and flanked by a pair of doves. 10.2cm (4in) wide x 7cm (2 3/4in) deep x 3cm (1 1/4in) high.