Small card/paper box, empty but lined with cotton wool; a gift from Mélanie Hahnemann to the wife of Rev Thomas Everest.
Handwritten, in French, on lid: A sa / bonne Amie / Madame Everest / Mélanie Hahnemann / Santé Bonheur / 1st Janvier / 1841
Trans: To her good Friend /Mrs Everest / Mélanie Hahnemann / Health and Happiness / 1st January / 1841