Description:
A burr walnut box with rounded brass edges having a liftout tray and spring released drawer suitable for jewelry by Fisher of the Strand, London; the box  is lined in velvet, silk and gold embossed leather and has a document wallet in the lid as well as a leather framed mirror.

Origin: UK

Circa:1860

Materials:

Size: 30.5 cm wide by 23cm by 17.2 cm:  11.9 inches wide by  9 inches by  6.8 inches.

Condition: Good overall, some marks and cracking to the walnut veneer consistent with age; working lock and key.

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The box is marked "Fisher 188 -Strand." Little is known about Fisher than from his surviving boxes. All we have seen have been of good quality. There is another slightly earlier example of Fisher's work at jb123/. Fisher was also known for selling boxed chess sets and other games.

The Strand which connects the City  (London) to Trafalgar Square was one of the most fashionable  shopping streets in the 19th Century.

Behind the document wallet which is covered in blind embossed leather,  there is a leather covered self standing mirror

Detail of the fine gold embossing.

There is a small circular engraved plate in the center  of the top. The figuring of the burr walnut is particularly attractive.