Victorian Figured Mahogany Writing / Document Box

Beautiful large document box with writing slope in excellent original condition. The superb figured mahogany is complemented by crossbanding in mahogany and a line of satinwood stringing. The top has a beautiful shaped brass cartouche and the front has a matching brass escutcheon. Inside there is a slope lined in red leather for writing which lifts up to reveal storage space, and the other side is lined in green felt and is ideal for storage of documents. It is a large box and there is plenty of space for all that dull paperwork that sits around with no real home! The box dates from around 1880 and has not faults other that a few minor marks you would expect from almost 150 years of use and wear. The bottom is finished in green felt.