Beautiful Regency Burr Yew and Brown Oak Jewellery Casket, c. 1820

A very fine quality tilt top dining table and with folding leaves. The deep and solid top inlaid with a fine band of brass outlining a deeply crossbanded border in Rosewood and with...

A most impressive and fine quality secretaire bookcase with satinwood and ebony inlays to the well figured mahogany. Tall and elegant, no detail or cost has been spared in its cons...

A very fine Regency example, in solid coromandel of a superb colour. The dark brown/black grain highlighted with creams and golds which run in natural stripes all over the box, Coromandel was a much prized exotic timber imported into the London docks and was usually used in small sections of veneer only due to the high cost of this wood. Here it is used in the solid and has developed a good patina. A further high quality detail is that solid brass string inlays have been added – a double band to the top and front – which sets off the Coromandel very well and is all inlaid by hand. The central brass reserve to the top and brass escutcheon are shaped as open flower heads and are original also. The box retains its original working steel key and opens on original hinges to reveal the writing slope. This is inset with a new black leather skiver with gold tooled border. The original skiver was black but was damaged and torn so we have replaced it with an identical skiver and matching gold tooling. The inner writing slope is solid mahogany and it locks into the top of the box with small brass slide bolts. With the bolts released the slope folds and there is a small compartment beneath the slope in both sections of the box – perfect for storing paper and envelopes. There is also a compartment for inkwells and quill pens. A quill pen is designed to rest in an ebonised mahogany curved boat which is removable. It may seem strange to us now that feather and quill...

Of superb quality with a truly beautiful solid maple frame of beautiful colour and with natural chatoyancy. From a good local house, the drop in seats have been recently been upho...

A Delightful Early 19th Century, Regency Period, Burr Yew Wood Tea Caddy Of Sarcophagus Form Having Boxwood Strung Decoration, Original Ormolu Handles To Side...

An early 19th century burr yew wood needlework or jewellery box, the top decorated with a classical scene surrounded by chequered banding. Raised on brass animal paw feet.

Made to hold jewellery and for work and writing effects, this casket is of tooled and gathered leather, the hinged lid, with pleated leather gathered to a central, shaped brass carto...

A Rare and Important Large Regency Period Country House Gesso Decorated Casket This most interesting large scale casket is highly decorative. It stands on four raised cast bronze an...