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%20(Custom).JPG "Antique box in the sarcophagus form. The box is veneered in figured rosewood and is inlaid in brass depicting stylized flora. The fluid design of stylised flora is exceptionally fine. This is a spectacular box which encapsulates the best of the Regency era. The box stands on turned rosewood feet and has brass lion head drop ring handles. The centre panel of the top is framed with gadrooning as is the pediment adding the architectural impact. The box has a lift out tray which has been relined . Circa 1825.")
%20(Custom).JPG "Rare Penwork table cabinet with curved Regency shape. The penwork depicts exquisite chinoiserie scenes of figures in the fantastical gardens of Cathay. The compartmentalized interior was fitted for jewelry in the 19th Century. The hinged doors open to four drawers with turned bone handles. The upper part was originally fitted for sewing. The divisions retain their original pink lining paper. The domed top and flared skirted base are unusual. A superb piece of its period. Circa 1820")
%20(Custom).JPG "A monumental coromandel ebony compendium table cabinet of architectural form having turned and carved feet and handles. It is profusely inlaid to the top and front with mother of pearl.
The compendium is the personal space for the owner and has a fully fitted sewing tray complete with its original filigree silver and bone thread spools and other tools, There are two drawers for jewelry, and a folding writing box.")
%20(Custom).JPG "Antique Regency shaped fully fitted rosewood sewing box the outside decorated with diamond faceted steel work decoration. The inside is finished in blue paper and silk. The lid is lined with ruched silk framed by a plain border. There is a document wallet behind. The compartmentalized lift out tray has four supplementary lids covered in brocaded silk with decorative pulls. The edges and partitions are accented with cast pewter bead work. The box has original period steel and embossed and chased silver sewing tools. These include scissors with sheath, stiletto, a combined wax-spoon and tweezers, a pin cushion in the form of a wicker basket tape-measure and thimble. Circa 1810.")
%20(Custom).JPG "Antique flame mahogany sewing box with lift-out compartmentalized tray fitted with silk winders and further spaces for thread reels. The tray is made from straight grained pine. The inside of the lid is lined with blue silk. There are brass escutcheons to the top and front. Circa 1830.")
%20(Custom).JPG "638SB: Delightful Regency fitted sewing box decorated with erudite Chinoiserie images opening to a compartmentalized lift out tray . The artist who painted the box seems to have an understanding of the symbolism and style of Chinese Export lacquer. On the convex sides are depictions of feathery willows. The raised painting on the top depicts figures in a garden. The box has embossed gilded pressed brass drop ring handles and ball feet. These are typical of the Regency , Circa 1815.")
.thumb.JPG "SB474: A very fine Chinese export lacquer sewing box of complex curved octagonal form, with fine decoration of oriental scenes framed within cartouches standing on gilded bat feet. The background is filled with diaper designs of stylized flora. Inside there is a lift out tray with supplementary lids and sewing tools made of turned and carved ivory. The box has gilded side handles and hinges. Circa 1835.")
.thumb.JPG "SB440: A rosewood veneered Tunbridge ware Sewing box, the slightly domed top inlayed with a display of roses depicted in micro mosaic, framed by a wide banding of Berlin wool-work in micro mosaic and bandings of contrasting light and dark wood; there is a further banding of Berlin wool work design encircling the box which has concave sides. The inside retains its original liftout tray which is lined with its original paper. Inside the lid is lined in red silk. circa 1850")
.thumb.JPG "SB498: An early 19th Century fully fitted Chinese export lacquer combined sewing and writing box of rectangular form opening to a fully fitted sewing tray with turned and carved ivory tools and having a drawer fitted for writing. Circa 1800.")
.thumb.JPG "SB536: A sandalwood basket veneered in horn and ivory. Although such baskets were a popular Vizagapatam design, this one is very unusual in that it combines both solid ivory panels incised and lac filled in traditional plant motifs and fretted ivory work. Furthermore, the central cartouches are engraved with representations of Indian deities and not floral designs which was the normal decoration on such baskets. It stands on lion paw feet. The handle is decorated with scrolling flowers in characteristic fashion. Circa 1870.")
.thumb.JPG "SB421: Anglo Indian basket form box veneered with ebony and inlaid with Sadeli mosaic having an ebony handle and standing on turned ebony feet the inside lined with sandalwood. circa 1840.")
.JPG "Sb112: Rare important early 18th Century Venetian box with fielded panels decorated with lacca povera depicting Chinoiserie fantasies, framed with gilt-wood; the inside of the box has a later (early 19th century English) tray, covered in green silk fitted for sewing, circa 1730.")
.thumb.JPG "SB452: Rosewood veneered box with stylized brass and shell decoration circa 1870.
This is an unusual box which combines a small writing box with a sewing tray. The engraved brass, mother-of-pearl and abalone decoration is fluid but stylized, combining the formality of neoclassicism with the naturalism of the Victorian era. The tray and the ‘envelope’ compartment are original and hardly worn. The framing on the ruched surface is gold embossed. Working lock and key.")
.thumb.JPG "SB108: Victorian fully fitted coromandel sewing box of architectural shape inlaid with mother of pearl abalone and metal, with turned handles and feet. circa 1845.")
.thumb.JPG "SB453: Satinwood and rosewood box veneered in stripes circa 1840. This is a fully fitted sewing box which oozes quiet elegance. The stripes emphasise the contrasting colours and varied figures of the two special timbers which cover the top and front. The box is edged in rounded ebony giving the form a neat and defining line. The tray also is edged in ebony, an unusual detail which contributes both to beauty and resistance to wear. The blue silk is original and so is the ‘envelope’ under the lid. There is a set of seven hand made mother of pearl spools with metal shafts. This form of spool became fashionable in the 1830s when mercerised thread became increasingly more available. The tray also contains other mother of pearl and steel sewing tools.")
.thumb.JPG "SB454: Mahogany and brass bound sewing box circa 1820
This is a most unusual early sewing box, both strong and robust. The high quality of the structure suggests that it was made to withstand travel as well as sit in elegant drawing rooms. The mahogany is edged in squared brass all around and bears flat-folding side handles. The original interior is lined in red textured leather. The tray is in keeping with the exterior and is structured for strength. The ‘envelope’ is most unusual and opens with a silver catch. Some bending on bottom brass suggesting that the box did travel! Working Bramah lock and key.")
.thumb.JPG "SB 493: A rare Georgian sewing box of rectangular form edged with maple the top having a hand colored print depicting cherubs and framed with mitered purfling having a lift-out tray still retaining turned Tunbridge ware whitewood sewing tools. Circa 1800.")
.thumb.JPG "SB492: An impressive sewing box veneered in saw cut highly figured coromandel, fitted with mother of pearl sewing tools. Circa 1835.")
%20(Custom).JPG "SB682: Antique inlaid figured walnut box with domed top opening to a ruched satin lined lid and a compartmentalized lift-out tray fitted for sewing with supplementary lids Circa 1870.")
.thumb.JPG "JB 193: A Regency kingwood veneered box of pure neoclassical form. The gilded applied escutcheons and handle are influenced by French work. The inside is lined with velvet pads (new) which are not glued so as to preserve the original red paper lining. The box has a separately lockable drawer, using the same key. circa 1810")
.thumb.JPG "A rare Regency rosewood metamorphic writing/sewing/jewelry box with brass edging and inlay, opening up to form a chest of drawers above a writing slope complete with inkwells and sewing tools. Circa 1810.")
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