A George III silver and mahogany writing box, circa 1800

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 USD

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Description

length 15 1/4 in. (38.5cm)

with tambour top and front drawer, silver borders, handles, and escutcheon, fitted with five cut-glass bottles with silver tops, the silver unmarked

Catalogue Note

This piece is very similar to a "Portable desk" illustrated as plate 14 in Thomas Shearer's The Cabinet-Makers' London Book of Prices and Designs of Cabinet-Work, 3rd edition (1803), but first published "according to act of Parliament" in 1788.