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Description:
Ref: 727JB http://hygra.com/box/727JB

Rosewood veneered box of architectural form, fashionable in the second phase of the neoclassical period. It is cross-banded in kingwood which in turn is delineated with fine lines of contrasting woods. It stands on paw feet and its pyramid top concludes in a plaque and handle, the round plaque with a pattern suggestive of stylised flowers: daisy, sunflower, daisies. 
The box  has tapering shape with a gently sloping pyramid top which ends with a small flat piece adorned with a handle typical of the Regency period. Circa 1815

Origin: UK ;  Circa: 1815; Materials: rosewood on pine carcass with brass mounts .

Size: 29.2cm wide by 22cm by 16.5 cm:   11inches wide by  8.7 inches by   16.5 inches.

Condition: good overall; working lock and key; see images

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Inside the box has been relined with velvet and paper. The lift-out tray is a later replacement.

Inside the box has been relined with velvet and paper

Detail: the top showing the handle. This form of handle with embossed and gilded abstracted flora was typical of the period, which drew its aesthetic inspiration from classical designs.

Lion foot, again redolent of classical forms.

The box is edged with light wood and the base is finished with a line made up of light and dark stringing and kingwood cross banding. This is a complex composition, but it is very fine and gives the box a tone of understated elegance.

Back view with top open. The box has the unmistakable elegance of early Regency.