Islamic Penboxes are such an interesting subject I thought to enlarge upon it since there is a good variety of styles, materials and surface decoration and as already described in the case of Persian types quite a lot of the lacquered form....although bronze brass and precious metal items with intricate inlay also exist.
For a page full of penboxes down the ages see \
https://www.google.com/search?biw=13...Saeq-6tknNiUM:
And below...