Italian Pietra Dura Playing Cards Panel (Presumed Former Box Lid) old wooden egg with some surface rusting to

with some surface rusting to the back

one presses down and turns the lid

and indeed

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Italian Pietra Dura Playing Cards Panel (Presumed Former Box Lid) old wooden egg with some surface rusting toI believe this Italian pietra dura (hard stone marquetry) panel was once inset into the lid of a brass or wood playing card box (one can find a range of examples out there with a quick search), but I was quite happy to find it on its own and would be inclined to hang it, perhaps in a gold frame, as a harbinger of good luck and fortune! Earlyish 20th century I believe, with a variety of semi precious stones inlaid lapis, malachite, etc. Lovely. 5 7 8"