Furniture & Works of Art - 7th October 2014
Lot 270
λ A Victorian red leather travelling toilet writing box
Estimate £150 - £250
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Description
λ A Victorian red leather travelling toilet writing box, attributed to Bramah & Prestage with tooled decoration, the lid fitted with a writing slope to an inkwell and pen compartments and with two hinged lids, one fitted with a detachable mirror with an easel back, the other with loops fitted with pen, brush, scissors, hooks and a pencil to a rosewood divided interior fitted with razors, ivory handled brushes, a glass scent bottle, the brass lock stamped 'BRAMAHS PATENT', with a sunken brass handle, 8.5cm high, 25.4cm wide, 24.1cm deep.
Provenance: The Dr. Lawrie Webster Collection of Boxes.