Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
The slope front formed by a pair of locking doors, each inlaid with oriental planters and fanned swages, within borders of chequered lattice and spreading bows. The interior with a range of graduated letter and paper compartments, with a pen tray below. The lower frieze with along drawer inlaid with geometric and floral decoration. The sides with fielded panels inlaid with fruit trees. The rear with a compass rose within a flower quartered re-entrant border. The whole finished with an ogee foot rim. Complete with locks and keys.
A very unusual and quirky thing!
Height 15 1/4 inches, 39cm.
Width 17 1/2 inches, 44cm.
Depth 13 inches, 33cm.
Date circa 1850.
Mytton Antiques - Jerrard Nares has dated this piece to the 19th Century.
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Large 19th C Inlaid Stationery Box
