Furniture & Works of Art - 21 Sep 2010
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A French boulle toilet box, the ebonised case with a gilt metal mounts having a pair of doors and a hinged cover, centred a plaque inscribed 'Christena C Askew, from her Brother on her 17th Birthday', revealing a fitted interior with velvet and braid, the inset mirror with an ornate theatre surround, to glass jars with gilt covers, sewing accoutrements, above a compartmented drawer, and a shaped front drawer with a padded silk interior, c.1900, 9.5in (24cm) h, 16.75in (42.5cm) w.