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George IV, period fully fitted sewing box veneered in highly
figured rosewood and inlaid with mother of pearl depicting stylized
flowers by Dobson, London
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Reference: Sb 106
Description:
George IV, period fully fitted sewing box veneered in highly
figured rosewood and inlaid with mother of pearl depicting stylized
flowers by Dobson, Manufacturer, 162 Strand, London
The interior is lined
in yellow paper, yellow silk and gold embossed green leather.
It is fitted with a set of
5 turned and carved mother of pearl sewing spools.
Origin: United
Kingdom
Circa: 1825
Materials:
Size:
Condition: Very
good.
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See:
http://www.hygra.com/sb/sbbd37.htm
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The box is labeled:
DOBSON, Manufacturer, 162, STRAND.
William Dobson (1797-1847) is a well documented maker and some of his
exquisite boxes survive.
He advertised him self as "HARDWAREMAN, STATIONER, &
STATIONER, &c., Dealer in fine Cutlery, Manufacturers of Pocket
Books, Writing Desks, Shaving, Dressing Cases &c."
Dobson is recorded at 162 (1826-47). Previously he was at 16 and 38
in 1820; 165 in 1997 -1805; 166 1805-25
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The gold embossing of the green leather is of particularly good
quality and shows great attention to detail.
There is a document wallet in the lid.
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The box is lined in yellow paper. The early 19th Century was
never afraid of bright colors.
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The spools are designed to come apart so that thread
which was now supplied on wooden reels could be quickly put on the spools
without rewinding. Unusually, both the ends of the spool are made of
mother of pearl. The plain end is usually bone. |
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The Lock is original and is marked GR and a crown:
George REX indicating that George IV was King.
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The Key was missing and a new
one has been cut from an old key The lock has a ward and a single
leaver. The leaver lock or tumbler lock as it was originally called was
in vented by Robert Barron in 1778. See: http://hygra.com/locks/tompson/index.htm#10
The lock plate is
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