Lot 3 | A REGENCY BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY WRITING-BOX
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By E. Gaimes The rectangular hinged box enclosing a navy blue velvet-lined writing-slope, the upper tier with two silver inkpots engraved with the crest of a lamb, the later scooped pentray enclosing two lidded wells and two white metal candleholders, and two further glass inkpots, the upper slope enclosing a fitted interior with divisions, with writing implements inserted in one compartment with bone navigational rulers and dividers, the slide engraved 'R. Bancles 440 Strand', and a pair of weighing scales in another, the lower slope enclosing a fitted interior of bone-inlaid lettered and mahogany-lined drawers around a drawer fitted with a pocket watch, by James Snelling, and with engraved brass label 'Gaines 54 St Paul's Church Yard & 56 Cornhill LONDON Fecit et Cumulo ', the lock engraved ' Gaines 54 S t Paul's Church y d & 56 Cornhill ', the two white metal glass bottle covers associated 83/4 in. (22 cm.) high; 21 in. (53 cm.) wide; 111/4 in. (28.5 cm.) deep The silver candleholders by Richard Lockwood, London, 1799. NOTES E. Gaimes was a cabinet-maker and portable desk manufacturer, recorded in 12 Edward Street from 1808 and by 1814 had moved to 54 St Paul's Churchyard. A portable writing desk bearing labels with addresses at 56 Cornhill and 23 Surrey Street was illustrated in Country Life, 9 December 1965 (C. Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, fig. 370 & p. 29).
