- DeptCollections, Decorative Arts, Furniture, Furniture/Decorative Arts
- SizeBox 10 in. x 22 in. x 12 in. Overall: Height 38 ¾ in. Width 24 in. Depth 13 ½ in.
Late Regency Gentleman’s Brass-bound Rosewood Writing Box on Custom Stand, circa 1830, the hinged top of the rectangular case centered by escutcheon engraved “Mr. C.S. Jamieson” and opening to a gilt-tooled dark red morocco leather writing surface and a row of small compartments fitted with two clear glass ink pots with sterling silver locking caps and a pounce pot with sterling cap (all London, 1824, untraced mark SN); the pin-locked side drawer compartmentalized and appointed with clear glass soap and sponge boxes and a third oblong box of wood (a skillful replacement), all with sterling covers (London 1834, mark of Wm Neal), a circular glass box with sterling lid (London, 1838, probably mark of Thomas Diller), two stoppered clear glass bottles with unmarked silver screw caps, an apparently unmarked silver retractable shaving brush with monogrammed lid, a vintage German straight razor, a small turned bone ointment jar with screw cap, and two brass-inlaid rosewood lids on a bespoke extendable stand allowing the writing slope to be deployed.
Box 10 in. x 22 in. x 12 in. Overall: Height 38 ¾ in. Width 24 in. Depth 13 ½ in.
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