A LATE VICTORIAN LEATHER AND SILVER MOUNTED STATIONERY BOX AND BLOTTER

A LATE VICTORIAN LEATHER AND SILVER MOUNTED STATIONERY BOX AND BLOTTER

RETAILED BY HENNINGHAM & HOLLIS, MOUNT STREET

the box with a blue watered silk lined fitted interior, both pieces with scrolling foliate, pierced metal mounts around a central cartouche engraved with monogram 'A R' for Alfred de Rothschild, surmounted by cherubs, hallmarked for London 1893, with makers initials 'J B' possibly for Jane Brownett (2)

box: 17.5cm high, 24.3cm wide, 15cm deep

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) Halton House, Buckinghamshire

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House