Good vintage stone set burr walnut cigarette case bead and stone set lid, with central portrait miniature, opening to burr walnut cigarette case, width 3.54 in.
- Burr - Burr (or in the USA, burl) is the timber from the knotted roots or deformed branch of the tree, which when cut, displays the small circular knots in various gradations of colour. It is always cut into a decorative veneer, most commonly seen as burr walnut on 19th century furniture.
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