Victorian "Ladies Dressing Table" with Flacons and Necessaire in Wooden Box, London 1847-48, wooden box with burlwood veneer, brass strips and brass handles, hinged lid, contents: 10 glass jars and boxes with florally engraved silver lids with ligatured monogram, hallmarked: City mark, striding lion, Queen Victoria's head to the left, year letter small m and master's mark WN in oval, removable insert, with drawer at the bottom, this for jewelry, in the lid compartment for letters,one brass strip missing on the left front corner, with signs of age and use, both keys missing, 19 x 30.5 x 23 cm, weight 7.1 kg. 4377-024

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