AN AUSTRIAN CUT AND BLUED-STEEL-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND CEDARWOOD WRITING BOX
VIENNA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The hinged rectangular top applied with a flower-head and lozenge border and centred by inscription Le Sentiment en fait le prix, enclosing a fitted interior with a pair of ebony candlesticks, three glass containers and various other gentleman's equipment, above a leather-lined writing-slope and a spring activated drawer to one side
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high; 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep
AN AUSTRIAN CUT AND BLUED-STEEL-MOUNTED KINGWOOD AND CEDARWOOD WRITING BOX
VIENNA, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The hinged rectangular top applied with a flower-head and lozenge border and centred by inscription Le Sentiment en fait le prix, enclosing a fitted interior with a pair of ebony candlesticks, three glass containers and various other gentleman's equipment, above a leather-lined writing-slope and a spring activated drawer to one side
2 ¾ in. (7 cm.) high; 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep