AN EARLY VICTORIAN PAPIER-MÂCHÉ WRITING BOX

AN EARLY VICTORIAN PAPIER-MÂCHÉ WRITING BOX

C.1850

polychrome decorated with scrolls and flowers and inlaid with mother of pearl, the hinged lid inset with a painted reverse glass panel depicting Kenilworth Castle, the interior with a velvet and gilt tooled leather writing surface and a lift-out tray and compartments for pens and an inkwell

9cm high, 36cm wide, 28.5cm deep

Provenance

The contents of The Grange, Wendover.