Furniture, Works of Art & Tribal Art - Two Day Sale - 2nd July 2013

Lot 367

A Victorian leather despatch box

Estimate £100 - £150 | Hammer £500

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Description

A Victorian leather despatch box, the hinged lid with a sunken brass handle and with gilt tooled 'Crowned VR monograms' and with the initials 'I. O.' possibly for the India Office and 'W. N. S.', the brass lock inscribed 'JOHN POUND & CO., LONDON', 4¼in (10.7cm) high, 16in (40.5cm) wide, 8in (20.3cm) deep.

Sold on behalf of the executors of The Hon. Mary Anna Marten dec'd, of Crichel House, Dorset.