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Antique brass bound figured rosewood  writing box with inlaid fleur-de-lis accents with secret drawers circa 1815.

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Description:
Ref: 673WB
http://www.hygra.com/box/673WB 
Brass bound and accented figured rosewood writing box opening to a  tapering  embossed leather  (replacement) covered writing surface with compartments for paper beneath and having secret drawers  hidden behind a sprung panel as well as places for pens and inkwells. Circa 1815. The box has a working lock and key.

Origin: UK ;  Circa: 1815  ; Materials: Rosewood and brass on a mahogany structure.

Size: 50.1 cm wide by 24.8 cm by 15.8 cm: 19.7  inches wide by 9.8  inches by  7.8 inches.

Condition: good overall; working lock and key; see images

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