Finely crafted silver boxes called bonbonnieres, after the French word, were given as mementos to invited guests of Imperial banquets and state ceremonies from the late 1800s. Today, the custom of giving presentation boxes is not limited to the Imperial family, but has been adopted by corporations and ordinary people to commemorate the founding of a company or a wedding, or an auspicious event. This box in the shape of a document box has small feet on the bottom of the box. There are incised designs of bamboo shoot and bamboo stalks on the lid. On the inside of the lid the is a monogram with the letters 'A' 'C'. The bottom is sealed Kinryodo and marked Jungin (pure silver).
