Description:
Early 19th C box veneered with figured rosewood inlayed with mother of pearl and white metal and having an original tray fitted for sewing.

Origin: UK

Circa: 1835

Materials: 

Size: 25.3 cm wide by 16.5 cm by 11 cm:   9.9 inches wide by  6.5  inches by  4.3  inches.

Condition: Good overall, working lock and key (see detailed images).

Inside the box retains its original liftout tray with divisions for spools and sewing tools. The blue paper is typical of the period.

The top edges of the tray divisions are inlaid with a molded white metal line. 

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