A collection of four boxes 19th century

comprising; a Chinese export lacquer work box, early 19th century with a fitted interior; an Ottoman mother of pearl and tortoiseshell box, 18th century, losses; a Regency penwork decorated ebony and boxwood work box, early 19th century, of sarcophagus form; a Victorian pierced gilt-brass casket, circa 1880, the lid including the hinged front, with a green velvet lined interior

West Horsley Place, Surrey, Inventory, 1938, Vol. 1, p.69, in the Drawing Room; A 11” mother of pearl and tortoiseshell Chess Box with sliding lid and sundry odd ivory chess men;
‘West Horsley Place II’, Country Life, 1 April 1939, p. 331, the ottoman example illustrated in the Drawing Room.

Ottoman box, losses 13cm. high, 28cm. wide, 17cm. deep Regency penwork box 14.5cm. high, 28cm. wide, 20cm. deep Metal casket 12cm high, 17cm. wide, 12cm. deep
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