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A VICTORIAN GILT-BRONZE AND EBONIZED WRITING BOX
19TH CENTURY
Formed as a lidded urn, surmounted by a cherub seated on a stack of books, on an acanthus-cast surround, the octagonal hinged lid and front opening to reveal a rosewood interior fitted with letter compartments and sliding drawers, flanked by mask sun-burst motifs issuing S-scroll handles terminating in female caryatid supports on a facetted domed and ormolu-mounted base--22in. (57cm.) high
19TH CENTURY
Formed as a lidded urn, surmounted by a cherub seated on a stack of books, on an acanthus-cast surround, the octagonal hinged lid and front opening to reveal a rosewood interior fitted with letter compartments and sliding drawers, flanked by mask sun-burst motifs issuing S-scroll handles terminating in female caryatid supports on a facetted domed and ormolu-mounted base--22in. (57cm.) high