A Victorian lignum vitae string barrel, circa 1860

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A Victorian lignum vitae string barrel, circa 1860
Modelled as a barrel, banded in gilt brass, the spigot mounted with a cutter on a rectangular spreading mahogany base
4in. (10.2cm.) long;
and a William IV or early Victorian Tunbridge ware rosewood postcard box, decorated with geometric borders -- 5in. (14cm.) long

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