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Exhibition Quality Embossed Leather Writing Box
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Exhibition Quality Embossed Leather Writing Box

19th century
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An exhibition quality embossed leather folding writing box, with large cast brass inset lifting handle. Engraved beneath “Captain W. Grant 25th December 1873.” The elaborate top opens to reveal a well fitted interior which is hinged and folds back again to reveal a large leathered writing surface inside of the lid is fitted for letters and pens, with removable blotter, other compartments including inkwell and match holder. All metal fittings are in gilded brass and the lock is engraved “Bramah London”.

Physical Dimensions
Height
18cm (7.09")
Width
41cm (16.14")
Depth
28cm (11.02")
Declaration

Georgian Antiques has dated this Antique Leather Writing Box to the Victorian era.

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SA986952
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24808
Description
An exhibition quality embossed leather folding writing box, with large cast brass inset lifting handle. Engraved beneath “Captain W. Grant 25th December 1873.” The elaborate top opens to reveal a well fitted interior which is hinged and folds back again to reveal a large leathered writing surface inside of the lid is fitted for letters and pens, with removable blotter, other compartments including inkwell and match holder. All metal fittings are in gilded brass and the lock is engraved “Bramah London”.
Height
18cm (7.09")
Width
41cm (16.14")
Depth
28cm (11.02")
Date of Manufacture

Georgian Antiques has dated this Antique Leather Writing Box to the Victorian era.

Reference Numbers
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SA986952
Dealers Internal Ref
24808
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A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon.
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Archive I A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon.

Exhibition Quality Embossed Leather Writing Box

Archive II A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon. View II
Archive III A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon. View III
Archive IV A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon. View IV
Archive V A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon. View V
Archive VI A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon. View VI
Archive VII A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon. View VII
Archive VIII A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon. View VIII
Archive IX A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon. View IX
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EH6 7HF
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A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon.
Exhibition Quality Embossed Leather Writing Box
Ref: SA986952
A rectangular 19th-century dark brown embossed leather writing box with a top-mounted recessed brass handle and central keyhole escutcheon.
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An antique leather writing box, often referred to as a writing slope or lap desk, is a portable container designed in the 18th and 19th centuries to store correspondence supplies, inkwells, and paper.

These boxes typically feature a solid wooden carcass clad in fine hides, such as morocco or tool-embossed leather, fitted with cast or stamped brass hardware including escutcheons and carrying handles.

Authentic period examples exhibit hand-cut dovetail joinery under the lining, original brass lock mechanisms, natural age-related patination to the leather, and precise geometric or floral hand-embossing.

A leather writing box can be styled as a decorative accessory on a dark wood study desk, positioned within a bookshelf arrangement, or displayed on a sideboard to add historical texture.

Maintain the surface by dusting with a soft dry microfibre cloth, keeping the item away from direct heat sources to prevent leather drying, and applying specialised conservation wax sparingly.
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