A MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID WOOD WRITING BOX, COVER AND STAND LATE 19TH CENTURY

the rectangular box and cover finely inlaid in mother-of-pearl to each face with butterflies, bats and fruiting and flowering swags within a strapwork panel, fitted interior, the straight-sided rectangular stand similarly decorated and raised on four cabriole legs joined by an elaborately shaped apron