Hygra: Antique Shaped regency Kingwood box with lower drawer and standing on paw feet circa 1815

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Antique Shaped regency Kingwood box with lower drawer and standing on paw feet circa 1815.

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Reference: JB200

Description:
A shaped regency box veneered with kingwood and framed with boxwood having a compartmentalized upper part and a lower drawer standing on cast paw feet and having gilded lion head drop handles circa 1815

Origin: UK

Circa: 1815

Size: 21.8cm wide by 16.7 cm by 11.3 cm including feet: 11 inches wide by 6.6 inches by 4.4 inches including feet.
Condition: good overall some flaws to the kingwood clearly visible in the photos, working lock and key.

Inside the box has a compartmentalized upper part the divisions lined with a Victorian paper.

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The lion head drop handles retain much of their original gilding

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the top is framed by alternate light and dark lines of wood and a crossbanding of kingwood.

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