Description:
Box veneered in walnut and inlaid in strips of geometric marquetry of light and stained woods, having a liftout tray with separations and a document wallet in the lid circa 1880.

Origin: UK

Circa: 1880

Materials: walnut veneer on a pine structure.

Size: 31 cm wide by 21.2cm by 13.4cm:  12.2 inches wide by   8.4 inches by   5.3 inches.

Condition: Small chips on veneer, lined with original paper. (see images) 

Inside the box has  a liftout tray with separations and a document wallet in the lid

The box is lined with the original paper.

Walnut and inlaid in strips of geometric marquetry of light and stained woods. 

There are so many geometric patterns and sliced bits of wood to create it. 

I have made individual bits of this sort of inlay. 

It is  a lot of man hours to make this inlay. It is not perfect each element has been looked at by the unnamed maker. 

But the joy is in the individuality of the difference. Some of these banded patterns were sold for a few months. Others were sold for longer. Some are just a strip in one box.

(See our book Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies, and Society -- 1700--1880, ISBN: 0764316885  Antigone Clarke & Joseph O'Kelly, A Schiffer Book for collectors Chapter 6 and figures 98, 99, 100).