A Regency birds' eye maple and ebony line-inlaid writing box Fixed on a late Victorian birds' eye maple and ebonised moulded stand The box circa 1810; the stand 1885-1905; the hinged top inlaid with a central brass plaque engraved with the initials: 'J.C.B.', enclosing a fold-over leather inset writing surface and various stationery compartments, above a concealed lockable cedar lined drawer to one side, on slender ring turned legs with slightly splayed terminations, with a paper label inscribed: 'Richardson... P..(?)k..', approximately: 46cm wide x 29.5cm deep x 86cm high, (18in wide x 11 1/2in deep x 33 1/2in high) Footnotes: Provenance Purchased by the current owner and vendor, Bonhams, London, The Gentleman's Library Sale, January 2006, Lot 25. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing