Fine Victorian coromandel & amboyna jewellery box.

A fine quality Victorian coromandel & amboyna jewellery box, the top and front with a central panel of finely figured amboyna surrounded with a fine brass line and cross-banded in coromandel. The edges of the box are further enhanced with brass banding. The sides and back are veneered in coromandel and feature inset brass handles. The top of the box has a vacant central brass cartouche.

The box opens to reveal a fully fitted interior re-lined in a plush deep red velvet, the lift-out tray revealing a further storage area beneath. To the rear of the box a button releases the front drawer, also re-lined in velvet. Retaining it's original  engraved hinges and fittings.

With fully working Bramah lock & tassled key.

c.1860

12" x 9" x 7" high  (30.5cm x 23cm x 18cm)