Leather rectangular document box
Leather rectangular document box
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This box or casket is made of leather on softwood.
The Morocco brown leather has been rolled with a cross hatch pattern and has a number of tooled lines to accentuate the chamfered top and box edges. The swan neck handle is silver plated as opposed to the more common brass used on such boxes. The interior is lined in a green sugar paper. The box retains its key and has a decorative brass escutcheon plate. The brass lock is stamped R.C. & S. within a crown for the Wolverhampton maker Richard Cooper. Richard Cooper made his first locks in 1817 and his son William joined him in partnership after 1835, at which point the company saw rapid growth.
The box maker is unknown but it is certainly good quality. Circa 1840.
Dimensions:
Circa 1840.
Leather on Softwood
England
Leather Box
Good. Some rubbing to Plated Handle
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