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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nicholas Borrelli, post: 47969, member: 489&quot;]Looks Gr8.</p><p>As to ownership , after dealing in some of Oz&#039;s best 18th &amp; 19thC boxes i believe I am qualified to have an opinion regarding likely owenership.</p><p>People of such means would Not &#039;simply wrtie their mansion&#039;s name on an aide memoir&#039;.</p><p>They would have had plaque&#039;s made &amp; applied to their boxes.</p><p>It May have been a &#039;head house keepers&#039; &quot;lap top&quot; , Or a child&#039;s &#039;play thing&#039; {family child}.</p><p>People that owned this house , would Not have such a piece as their own.</p><p>Known as &quot;dispatch case&quot;&nbsp; Or&nbsp; &quot;dispatch box&quot; , even though your&#039;s may like nice restored ........... these people would have had the best of the Best&nbsp; &amp;&nbsp; Not a piece from the 3rd shelf.</p><p>They would be buying from the top shelf!</p><p>I personally , would value &amp; appreciate the piece ~&nbsp; as the piece.</p><p>Cheers.</p><p>N.Borrelli.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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