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Nevertheless, a box may have a horizontal cross-section that is square, elongated, round or oval; sloped or domed top surfaces, or non-vertical sides.
A box normally may be opened by raising, sliding or removing the lid, which may be hinged and/or fastened by a catch, clasp, or lock.
Costly gold boxes were often enriched with enamels or set with diamonds or other precious stones, and sometimes the lid was adorned with a portrait, a classical vignette, or a tiny portrait miniature, often some choice work by an old master.
A box may be square, oblong, round oroval, or of an even less normal shape ; it isusually opened by raising, sliding or removing the lid, which may be fastened by a catch, hasp or lock.
Of the boxes which possess some attraction beyond their immediate purpose the feminine work-box is the commonest.
In the 18th century no lady was without her work-box, and,especially in the second half of that period, much taste and elaborate pains were expended upon the case, which was oftenexceedingly dainty and elegant.
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