Lot 549 , A Tunbridge ware gaugework ‘Hurst Wood Cottage’ rosewood stationery box, and a 19th century mother of pearl inset writing slope - 46cms x 26cms

A Tunbridge ware gaugework ‘Hurst Wood Cottage’ rosewood stationery box, and a 19th century mother of pearl inset writing slope - 46cms x 26cms

A Tunbridge ware gaugework ‘Hurst Wood Cottage’ rosewood stationery box, and a 19th century mother of pearl inset writing slope - 46cms x 26cms
£80-100

Condition:
Stationery box with light, horizontal crack visible at underside, not serious; otherwise good with a working key and original blue paper lining. Writing box base badly-split full-width; slope missing; cover for pen partition missing; pearl escutcheon detached; lock is in locked position without a key, preventing cover from sitting evenly; inlaid pewter stringing incomplete at front and top.

Sold for £180