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Antique Regency Box inlaid with
brass with side drawer and lift out tray and side drawer circa 1815.
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Reference: JB170.
Description:
A Regency rosewood box inlaid with brass and ebony having a liftout
tray and side drawer fitted for jewelry.
Origin: United
Kingdom
Circa: 1815.
Materials: Rosewood
and brass.
Size: 33 cm wide by 24.2cm by 17.3 cm: 13 inches wide by
9.5 inches
by 6.8 inches.
Condition: Good
overall. Some blemishes consistent with age. Working locks with keys
(2).
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The lid has a leather
document wallet.
The box has countersunk brass
handels
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Detail of the brass inlay which in turn is inlaid with ebony. This
was a style of inlay used by the better London cabinet makers in the
early 19th C. to decorate boxes.
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Detail of the complex
gold embossing on the document wallet.
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The box has working locks and keys. The drawer
is separately locked.
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Detail of the dovetail construction of the
drawer. The drawer is made of mahogany and veneered with rosewood. The
rosewood is saw cut and here about a millimeter thick.
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