19TH C BRASS amp LABURNUM MATCH BOX

A 19th Century Brass and Laburnum Wood Desk Match Box StrikeThe lid with a fir cone finial spreading into a concave and beaded plate the ends with inward spreading laurel leaves The oval lid hinging open to a half cylinder compartment within brass facings and with a rough stone lining for striking matches The oval body with a banded rim the body sweeping inward and downward to meet the scrolled square section brackets supported by lions paw feetThe oval base with convex plinths over backward swe