Description:
Ref: 872WB http://hygra.com/box/872WB
Regency rosewood writing box with brass inlay to the top and front depicting stylized flora, and countersunk brass carrying handles to the sides. The box opens to a sloping writing surface still retaining is original gold embossed leather framed with a cross-banding of tulipwood. There are compartments for holding paper under the writing surfaces. There are compartments for pens and inkwells. The inkwells are reproduction. Circa 1825.
Origin: UK; Circa:
1825; Materials: Rosewood
with brass inlay .
Size: 35.3 cm wide by 23.3 cm by 11 cm: 14 inches wide
by 9.2 inches by 4.3 inches.
Condition: good overall; working lock and key; see images
Keywords: Hygra.com, Antique box, writing box, writing desk, lap desk, brass inlay, Regency
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