AN ITALIAN BRASS-MOUNTED RED-LEATHER AND PARCEL-GILT WRITING BOX stamped overall with stylised fern-leaf and strapwork, the hinged domed rectangular top enclosing a raw silk-lined fitted interior consisting of a hinged flap with later shield-shaped lockplate around two hinged compartments, formerly with ink wells, the front with lockplate flanked by locks-and-eye, formerly with hooks, 18th Century