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Description:
Ref: 809JB http://hygra.com/box/809JB

Antique brass edged figured coromandel box with working Bramah type  lock with key. The box has a compartmentalized lift out tray. There is with spring released drawer  fitted for jewelry. There is also a lift out leather and velvet covered tray  suitable for storing jewelry.  Circa 1870. 

Origin:  UK;  Circa: 1870; Materials: coromandel on a mahogany structure; leather; velvet.

Size: 28.4 cm wide by 20.6 cm by 18.2 cm:   11.18 inches wide by  8.11 inches by  7.2 inches.

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

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The box is velvet and leather lined making it suitable for jewelry. 

The drawer is released by pressing the button in the center of the back between the hinges.

 

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Detail of the drawer. It is of dovetail constriction. The piece of brass is to engage with the catch.

The drawer is of fine dovetail construction.

The lock is stamped BRAMAH LONDON.

See: 

http://hygra.com/locks/Bramah/ 

For instructions on opening a Bramah lock see: Opening Antique Bramah Box Locks