λ A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD AND BRASS MARQUETRY SEWING BOX C.1825-30 inlaid with scrolling leaves

λ A GEORGE IV ROSEWOOD AND BRASS MARQUETRY SEWING BOX

C.1825-30

inlaid with scrolling leaves, flowers and palmettes, the hinged lid with a vacant cartouche, the underside with a gilt tooled leather and silk letter pouch above a lift-out divided tray, with lidded compartments and fitted with various utensils, including: mother of pearl handled hooks and stilettos, tweezers, steel scissors, a tape measure, thimbles, needle books, a Tartan ware thread waxer and pin cushion and an ivory egg sprinkler, the interior containing a miscellaneous array of sewing related items and ephemera

11.2cm high, 27.5cm wide, 19.2cm deep

Provenance

'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman.