The rectangular brass box is predominantly made from Rosewood & consist of a lid & container (photographs 1 to 13). The top & front exterior surfaces of the rectangular lid display inlaid brass floral decoration around their edges (photographs 1 to 4). The centre of the lid's exterior top surface also has a folding brass carrying handle, which rotates by approximately 90 degrees from a closed horizontal position to a open vertical position (photographs 2 to 4). The front exterior surface of the container also has inlaid brass floral decoration around its edges, & a brass key hole (key not included) situated slightly above centre (photographs 1 to 3). The majority of the box's flat rectangular base is covered with a light green hessian like material, which protects any surfaces the box may be placed on from scratching (photograph 8). 

The lid opens via rotation by approximately 90 degrees due to a pair of brass hinges situated along the top back edge of the container (photographs 7 & 9). The lid's hollow interior has part of the metal lock situated centrally near its front edge, & is predominantly covered by the rectangular front board of the folding pocket (photographs 9 & 10). The front board is covered in the red material & decorated around its edges by a gold & red coloured pattern, & by a gold coloured circular pattern in the centre (photograph 10). The front board has a rotating metal clip situated centraly near the top, & a square pull material underneath, which allows the front board to be opened via rotation by approximately 90 degrees (photographs 9, 10, & 12). The red folding section of the pocket is attached to the back surface of the front board, & opens to enable objects to be placed in it (book not included) (photographs 12 & 13). The back surface of the lid's hollow interior is rectangular, covered in the red material, has a frame shape around its edges, & a rotating metal clip situated centrally on either side of the frame (photograph 12). Items such as a picture, paper, or a thin book could possibly have been held by the rotating metal clips within the frame (photograph 12). The interior of the hollow rectangular container consists of a pair of rectangular compartments for holding objects, probably stationary (photographs 9 & 11). Both compartments are covered in the red material, with the main large compartment situated at the front, & the thin small compartment situated at the back (photographs 9 & 11). The majority of the lock is also situated centrally near the top front edge of the container (photographs 11 to 13).