Lot 250

GOTHIC REVIVAL BRASS AND AGATE MOUNTED 'BEE' STATIONARY BOX, CHARLES ASPREY & SON
LATE 19TH CENTURY




Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 11th November | Lots 1 to 322
£768
Description
with a pointed arch hinged cover, applied with quatrefoil pierced gilt brass mounts containing banded agate bees, the sides with pierced hinged handles, compartmented interior, bearing a gilt brass retailer's plaque inscribed ‘Charles Asprey & Son, 166 Bond Street’; together with a BRASS CANDLESTICK, the circular base engraved with leaves and applied with three banded agate bees, and a SET OF BRASS DESK SCALES, with five graduated weights, inscribed F. ALDIS 11 BELGRAVE MANSIONS and decorated in banded agate and brass with two bees (3)
Dimensions
the box 19.5cm high, 27.2cm wide, 15.2cm deep; the candlestick 19.5cm high; the scales 16.7cm wide



