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 Karabitsu (Chinese storage box) has a design of two butterflies on the lid. The bottom is sealed Kobayashi and marked Jungin (pure silver).
