Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1800s.
This is a more unusual form with what is known as a double or dual action.
The inside of the lid is fitted with a leather fall-front portfolio with which would be used to store papers and letters.
There is a small writing slope on this "level" but can then be opened again to form a larger writing surface, the top half opening with storage below. The leather is just wonderful and original with some wear, but quite exceptional being nearly 200 years old.
There is a central lidded compartment for the storage of pens and other writing accessories, a silver plated topped inkwell to the left and a sloped pen nib storage compartment to the right.
The box has been professionally re-polished to gleam, my restorer polishes over the lift up handles to protect the finish of the brass without maintenance; so to lift the handles out the finish would have to be broken around the handle. A really wonderful box in excellent condition measuring 11 3/4" x 9 1/2" x 4 1/2" tall while closed.
Item ID: 33530
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Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1800s.
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Fabulous Brass Bound Mahogany Military / Campaign Double Action Writing Box C.1820
