Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1850s.
It was certainly top of the drawer in it's day with it's top-notch construction, grand scale and weighing a tonne! The brass inlaid initials to the top E P would have been expensive to execute and clearly another sign of the box's fine quality.
The lid opens and locks into place, this is released by squeezing the right-hand hinge at the back which allows the lid to then be closed again .. the interior of the lid has a fitted mirror.
This upper section has a deep compartment at the back which would accommodate bottles and a tray for jewellery, all having been professionally re-finished in a hand-marbled paper.
The front of the box has drop-front and reveals two drawers, each is released by pushing one of the two button's beneath the mirror, the top one being leather lined and the one beneath being lined in a purple velvet with fitted ring compartment running the entire width.
Once the front is down, the quality again becomes evident with the smartest of locks by Bramah (working key) has been engraved by the retailer: " C.F. Hancock Son & Co., Jewellers & Silversmiths, To The Queen & The Prince & Princess of Wales, 38 & 39 Bruton St., Bond St., London" it couldn't have come from a smarter Mayfair address!
Quite wonderful, in excellent condition, measuring 14 1/2" x 10 1/2" x 9" tall.
Item ID: 32466
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Puckerings has dated this piece to the 1850s.
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Exceptional Enormous Antique English Coromandel Jewelry Box C.1850
