A LATE VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FIGURED-WALNUT WRITING-BOX by Asprey , the rectangular coiffered hinged top mounted with pierced strapwork bindings and centred by a later E monogram, the interior with hinged blue velvet-lined slope enclosing satinwood wells and with BERRY'S PATENT ink and light boxes with plaque engraved CHARLES ASPREY. MAKER 166 Bond St. & 22 Albermarle St.

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A LATE VICTORIAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED FIGURED-WALNUT WRITING-BOX by Asprey , the rectangular coiffered hinged top mounted with pierced strapwork bindings and centred by a later E monogram, the interior with hinged blue velvet-lined slope enclosing satinwood wells and with BERRY'S PATENT ink and light boxes with plaque engraved CHARLES ASPREY. MAKER 166 Bond St. & 22 Albermarle St.
14in. (35.5cm.) wide

Lot Essay

Asprey dominated the market in portable dressing and writing-cases from the early 1860's when they acquired the Albemarle St. property that linked through to Bond Street. They received the Queen's Royal Warrant in 1862. An unmounted writing-case of this model is illustrated in B.Hillier, Asprey, London, 1981, p.40.

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