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Description: 
http://www.hygra.com/uk/n11/JB618 
Ref: JB618: Antique figured walnut box with sprung drawer fitted for jewelry and a lift out tray.  The box opens to a liftout tray which has been relined with velvet. There is a lift out gold embossed leather framed mirror and a document  wallet in the lid.  The mirror, which clicks in place on the inside top part, is original as is its embossed leather framing. The box has small veneer repairs and some damage above the lock. Working lock and key. 
Origin:  UK;  Circa: 1870 ; Materials: .

Size: 30.3 cm wide by 22.5  cm by 17.5  cm:  11.9  inches wide by  8.9  inches by  6.9  inches.

Condition: good overall; working lock and key;  partially relined; some marking to the walnut see images 

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The lower drawer is fitted for jewelry.

The box has a lower drawer which opens with a spring mechanism. The release button is on the back facing between the hinges. The drawer releases with a satisfying click.

The upper part of the box has been relined with marbled paper and velvet.

There is a lift out gold embossed leather framed mirror and a document wallet in the lid.

The mirror, which clicks in place on the inside top part, is original as is its embossed leather framing.

The velvet on the reverse of the mirror is  a replacement.

Detail of the gold embossing of the mirror

The burr walnut of is of dense figure displaying the ripples and swirls naturally occurring in parts of the log obtained from carefully coppiced wood near the stump of the tree.

The central plaque  and the escutcheon  are mother of pearl. There is no further decoration, the attraction being the very pretty figure of the wood.