Brass Inlaid Wooden Stationery Box Used by the First Duke of Wellington, the box (35.5 x 25.4 x 4.2 cms) constructed of stained oak (?), the base and all four sides very finely inlaid with brass of floral swags, the top edges further inlaid with narrow brass strip, a letter dated 1960 and addressed to a Mrs. Whalley gives details that this box was given to her ancestor Col. Gurwood by the Duke of Wellington when he worked on his papers at Walmer Castle. Upon Col. Gurwood’s death it was passed on to his widow and thence by descent to the writer of the letter Mrs. Joan L. Maice (?). She states that the handles for which there is provision were removed by the Duke himself as they caught his sleeves when he was bending over his desk, very good condition £200-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Fine Collection of Napoleonic Medals and Artefacts.

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