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Antique Coromandel Writing Box with Engraved Brass Plaque, Bramah lock  c.1870.

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Reference:  wb 124

Description:
A Coromandel veneered writing box accented with engraved brass plaque and escutcheon.
Deceptively simple, this is in fact a box of very high quality with secret drawers, Bramah lock and an additional  lock on one of the flaps.

Origin: England

Circa: 1870

Materials: Coromandel on mahogany.

Size: 35cm by 24.5 cm by 15.5 cm:  13.8 inches by 9.5 inches by 5.3 inches.

Condition: Good: Wear and losses on the internal leather surround to the velvet lining. Working Bramah lock and key. Working interior lock and key.

 

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The box open. The velvet is a replacement but the embossed leather surround is original.

There are compartments for papers under the writing surfaces.

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The interior of the box is in mahogany. The top part is more complex than usual in that it features slots for notes etc, as well as the pen tray and inkwells. There are two secret drawers underneath concealed by a mahogany flap. Here the flap is in the open position. 

 

 Detail of the well constructed top.
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 The escutcheon is finely engraved, providing understated, subtle decoration. 
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 The top showing the interesting figure of the wood with its golden striations. The engraved plaque, like the escutcheon, provides a fine subtle note to the austerity of the piece.

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 The engraving is of fine quality.

 

 The side showing striking figure.
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 Back view.

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Original inkwell. There is an additional lock on one of the flaps enameling papers to be kept more securely and privatly. 

 

 Detail of lining.
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Good hinges and brass scoops to accommodate the hinge when the flaps are open.
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