Regency Brass-Inlaid Rosewood Sewing Box-on-Stand, Early 19th Century

Item Details

• EBTH follows CITES regulations with regard to the sale of rosewood species and all ebony species including calamander, coromandel, macassar ebony and other ebony; bidding must be reserved to bidders within the United States of America.

Condition

- to fair; overall with various scratches, dents, marks, chips, and abrasions consistent with age and use; structurally stable; interior retains remnants of an old, if not original, blue paper lining; paper lining is brittle and with tears/losses and stains; latch on underside of lid possibly associated; exterior silk lining is possibly later and with fading and tears/losses, revealing stuffing underneath; some tarnishing to brass elements and some lifting/losses to inlay; column with a few shrinkage cracks; some minor/former pest damage (worming) with associated marks.

Dimensions

- width and depth measurements correspond to lid.

Item #

18DCC747-301