on Jun 29, 2015
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Measures closed - 8 1/2" x 12" and 4 1/2" high Before the 18th century they were mostly made of oak and decorated with carved designs From the last quarter of the 18th, to the end of the 19th century, the writing box featured prominently on military expeditions, travels, libraries, and in drawing rooms Robert Wyer, a London cabinet maker described his business as the "Original Military and Naval Trunk Manufacturers", on a label found on an early 19th century brass bound writing box By the last decades of the 18th century writing boxes were necessary in many non-domestic situations
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