An Australian specimen timber work box Tasmania, circa 1860 of rectangular form inlaid with native timbers including musk, huon pine, ebony, honeysuckle, cedar and myrtle, the top with an unusual compass design, 33 cm wide, 30 cm deep, 17 cm in diameter. Reference: Australian furniture pictorial History and Dictionary 1788-1938, Kevin Fahy and Andrew Simpson, page 206, plate 82