λ A rare Regency rosewood and brass mounted metamorphic writing / sewing box

λ A rare Regency rosewood and brass mounted metamorphic writing / sewing box, possibly naval or campaign, inlaid with lozenges, with a twin hinged top and a hinged front revealing six short and one long drawers with a leather and velvet lined lift-out tray, with turned bone handles, above a baize lined writing slope, with a sprung pen and ink drawer to the right side and a divided drawer fitted with ivory sewing utensils, barrel reel holders, thimbles and pin cushions, with sunken brass military style handles, 22.4cm high, 36cm wide, 27.3cm deep.

Provenance: Antigone Clarke & Joseph O'Kelly, Antique Boxes, Tea Caddies & Society, 1700-1880, 2nd Edition, p.49, fig.63.