Antique English Oak Writing Compendium Box with Drawers and Presentation Plaque (1913) Antique

Antique English Oak Writing Compendium Box with Drawers and Presentation Plaque (1913) AntiqueA beautifully constructed antique quarter sawn oak stationary and smokers' cabinet featuring Gothic inspired metal corner mounts, paneled double doors, and a fitted interior with two interior drawers, and one lower drawer with divided compartments. The cabinet mechanically opens to reveal a highly functional interior arrangement for correspondence storage (by pulling the lower drawer), including: two graduated drawers with original pierced metal

Floral design is signed "Paul Souze" a known 19th c French cover designer and lithographer who frequently collaborated with Mame and other major publishers with decorative bindings

Dimensions:

textured brushwork

Almost certainly produced for a specific high societry Dutch marriage in 1718 - the shield identify the families

This antique cloisonné enamel trinket box features a softly rounded rectangular form

25" (Left) / 15

Decorative Gilt Binding with Ex Libris

Engraver: Dom

The ormolu bezel with engraved edge is original and likely used in either a small frame or locket or mounted into a snuffbox

The spine is titled in gilt “Manuel de Dévotion

originally written in Italian in the mid-18th century

gilt-tooled with raised bands and a silver escutcheon monogram ("M