Description

William IV Circa 1830

From our Jewellery Box collection, we are delighted to introduce this Antique Kingwood Jewellery Box by Lund. The Jewellery Box of rectangular form is veneered in Kingwood and framed with a solid parallel engraved brass edging. The exterior of the box is finished with a sheriff badge vacant initial plaque, circular brass escutcheon and twin flush mounted campaign brass carry handles. When opened the box reveals a deep blue lined interior with ruched inner lid, drop down document storage and removable partitioned tray. The box is fitted with brass mounts to each corner for strengthening and has a retailer plaque to the rear reading W.Lund Maker, 24 Fleet St. London. It is finished with a Bramah lock which is stamped to the lock plate Bramah Patent. The Lund Jewellery Box dates to the first half of the 19th-century Georgian period during the reign of William IV circa 1830.

The Jewellery Box comes complete with a working lock and tasselled key.

Measurements (Inches) 5.5 High x 12.6 Wide x 9 Deep

Lund was established in London by Thomas Lund in 1804. Initially selling pens and quills the Lund firm became known for the high-quality manufacture of cutlery, writing boxes and other luxury items. William Lund the son of Thomas was also a cutler and dressing case maker, apprentice to William Anderson from who William acquired the premises on Fleet Street, London in 1835.  Thomas and William initially ran their businesses independently, but after Thomas’s death in 1845, William took over the running of both, whilst also expanding his own premises in Fleet Street. When William Lund died in 1872, his son Charles continued the business under the name of William Lund & Son.

Kingwood also known as Violetwood, is found in South America and is violet-brown in colour with a darker grain. It is a very dense and hard wood that is only available for smaller items due to the small tree that yields it.

Bramah is London’s oldest security company. Established at 124 Piccadilly, London in 1784, and today based in Fitzrovia, London and Romford, Essex. Bramah manufactures Bramah and Rola locks for domestic and commercial applications in the U.K. and overseas. We are Marylebone and Fitzrovia’s foremost Locksmith and Burglar Alarm installer.

Georgian, a period in British history dating from 1714-1837, the Georgian era after the Hanoverian kings George I, George II, George III and George IV.

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