Cotswold Cathedral Locking Pewter Jewel Box

We bought this 150-year-old antique Gothic Revival Jewel Box at a small English antique fair after discovering that it once held the ring of a very important Bishop. We were so intrigued by its highly detailed scenes that we took it to an Italian pewter-smith in Brescia. He not only cast it in solid pewter with Old World craftsmanship, but faithfully reproduced the intricacies of the lock and brass key and lined it in velveteen.