A German rococo gilt-brass mounted japanned travelling writing box attributed to the workshop of Martin Schnell, Dresden, circa 1730
the moulded top opening to a single red-lacquered and painted compartment, the main compartment decorated in aventurine lacquer, above a single drawer subdivided in irregular compartments; on a later ebonised stand
the box: 31cm. high, 53cm. wide, 31cm. deep; the stand: 51cm. high, 54cm. wide, 30cm. deep; 1ft., 1ft. 9in., 1ft.; 1ft. 8in., 1ft. 9¼in., 1ft.
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the moulded top opening to a single red-lacquered and painted compartment, the main compartment decorated in aventurine lacquer, above a single drawer subdivided in irregular compartments; on a later ebonised stand
the box: 31cm. high, 53cm. wide, 31cm. deep; the stand: 51cm. high, 54cm. wide, 30cm. deep; 1ft., 1ft. 9in., 1ft.; 1ft. 8in., 1ft. 9¼in., 1ft.