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Jane Austen, the Bridgerton family and contemporaries used boxes of metal, leather, or silks, decorated with jewels and engraving. #Bridgerton #Travel #JaneAusten #RegencyEra #Antiques

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Craftsmen created containers of precious metals, leather, and silks and decorated them with jewels and engraving. Jane Austen and her contemporaries would have used writing boxes, linen boxes when travelling, boxes to hold their food and drink supplies while traveling by carriage, and decorative boxes to keep letters, ribbons, gloves, hairpins etc. Boxes, Cases, and Necessaires By Suzi Love, History Notes Book 11. books2read.com/suziloveBoxesCases.

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1820 ca. Brass Inlaid Writing Box, English, By William Dobson, London. #RegencyEra #Antiques #writing

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1820 ca. Writing Box, English. Rosewood and brass inlaid writing box by William Dobson, The Strand, London. Makers label, gilded candle holders, ink wells. via antiques-atlas.com. Portable boxes for writing materials existed for many centuries but in the last decades of the 18th century socio-economic circumstances in England necessitated the wide use of a portable desk in the form of a box which could be used on a table or on one’s lap. Hence “Lap Desk”.

1820 ca. Writing Box, English. Outside View. Rosewood and brass inlaid writing box by William Dobson, The Strand, London. Makers label, gilded candle holders, ink wells. antiques-atlas.com
1820 ca. Writing Box, English. Writing Slope. Rosewood and brass inlaid writing box by William Dobson, The Strand, London. Makers label, gilded candle holders, ink wells. antiques-atlas.com
1820 ca. Writing Box, English. Inside View. Rosewood and brass inlaid writing box by William Dobson, The Strand, London. Makers label, gilded candle holders, ink wells. antiques-atlas.com
1820 ca. Writing Box, English. Inside Wood View. Rosewood and brass inlaid writing box by William Dobson, The Strand, London. Makers label, gilded candle holders, ink wells. antiques-atlas.com
1820 ca. Writing Box, English. Label View. Rosewood and brass inlaid writing box by William Dobson, The Strand, London. Makers label, gilded candle holders, ink wells. antiques-atlas.com
1820 ca. Brass Inlaid Writing Box, English, By William Dobson, London. #RegencyEra #Antiques #writing books2read.com/SuziLoveWritingTools Share on X
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1827 ca. Mahogany Gentleman’s Dressing Box With Silver Topped Bottles, London. #Regency #Antiques #London

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1827 ca. Gentleman’s Dressing Box, London. Mahogany box with brass carrying handles, lid opens to velvet and leather interior with twelve engraved silver topped bottles, all with an engraving of an oak tree. Top tray lifts out to another tray of tools.

box_1827 ca. Gentleman's Dressing Box, London. Mahogany box with brass carrying handles, lid opens to velvet and leather interior with twelve engraved silver topped bottles, all with an engraving of an oak tree. Top tray lifts out to another tray. via Antique Tea Caddies, U.K.books2read.com/suziloveBoxesCases
1827 ca. Gentleman’s Dressing Box, London. Mahogany box with brass carrying handles, lid opens to velvet and leather interior with twelve engraved silver topped bottles, all with an engraving of an oak tree. Top tray lifts out to another tray. via Antique Tea Caddies, U.K.
1827 ca. Mahogany Gentleman's Dressing Box With Silver Topped Bottles, London. #Regency #Antiques #London. books2read.com/suziloveBoxesCases Share on X
HN_11_D2D_Craftsmen created containers of precious metals, leather, silks, and decorated them with jewels to make exquisite and expensive items as well as practical carrying cases. books2read.com/suziloveBoxesCases
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18th Century Late Square Inkstand With Pounce Pot, Sheffield, England. #GeorgianEra #amwriting #BritishHistory

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18th Century Late. Inkstand, Sheffield, England. Square, resting on four ball feet, the top pierced with four circular holes into which fit two inkwells, a pounce box and a box for wafers. Silver inkstands appeared in Britain in 17th century and included pot, or well, for ink, plus another pot with pierced cover held ‘pounce’ or sand, which writers scattered over paper to fix ink. Wafers to seal finished letter and tray to hold pens or quills. collections.vam.ac.uk

18th Century Late. Inkstand, Sheffield, England. Square, resting on four ball feet, the top pierced with four circular holes into which fit two inkwells, a pounce box and a box for wafers. Silver inkstands appeared in Britain in 17th century and included pot, or well, for ink, plus another pot with pierced cover held ‘pounce’ or sand, which writers scattered over paper to fix ink. Wafers to seal finished letter and tray to hold pens or quills. collections.vam.ac.uk
18th Century Late. Inkstand, Sheffield, England. Square, resting on four ball feet, the top pierced with four circular holes into which fit two inkwells, a pounce box and a box for wafers. Silver inkstands appeared in Britain in 17th century and included pot, or well, for ink, plus another pot with pierced cover held ‘pounce’ or sand, which writers scattered over paper to fix ink. Wafers to seal finished letter and tray to hold pens or quills. collections.vam.ac.uk
18th Century Late Square Inkstand With Pounce Pot, Sheffield, England. #GeorgianEra #amwriting #BritishHistory books2read.com/SuziLoveWritingTools Share on X
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19th Century Set of Damascened Calligrapher’s Tools, Turkey. #Writing #RegencyEra #antiques

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19th Century Set of Damascened Calligrapher’s Tools, Turkey. via Sotheby’s Auctions. sothebys.com

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19th Century Set of Damascened Calligrapher's Tools, Turkey. via suzilove.com & Sotheby's Auctions. sothebys.com
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1750-1755 Ca. Writing Cabinet Veneered In Kingwood With Marquetry Of Mother-Of-Pearl, Germany. #GeorgianEra #History #Antiques #Germany

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1750-155 ca. Writing Cabinet, Probably by Michael Kimmel, Germany. Veneered in kingwood, marquetry of mother-of-pearl, ivory and brass on pine, stained alder or birch. Mounted in gilt brass and with giltwood, carving of cypher of Augustus III. via suzilove.com Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK. collections.vam.ac.uk.

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I love Old Stuff! How about you? Take a look at Suzi Love’s Pinterest Boards. #Pinterest #History #RegencyEra

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I love Old Stuff! How about you? Take a look at Suzi Love’s Pinterest Boards. pinterest.com/suziloveoz

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From the finish of the 18th century until 1820, men’s fashions in European and European-influenced countries moved away from the formal wear of brocades, lace, wigs and powder to more informal and relaxed styles. Focus was on undress rather than formal dress. Typical menswear in the early 1800s included a tailcoat, a vest or waistcoat, either breeches, pants, or the newer trousers, stockings, shoes or boots, all worn with an overcoat and hat. This basic ensemble was accessorized with some form of neckcloth or cravat, gloves, walking stick, cane or riding crop, handkerchief, fobs, watch and perhaps a quizzing glass or eye glass. 

Skirted coats were replaced with short-fronted, or cutaway, tailcoats worn over fitted waistcoats and plain, white linen shirts. Knee breeches were gradually replaced by tight-fitting pantaloons and later trousers, decorative shoes with buckles were replaced with a variety of boot styles, and fussy and ruffled neckwear gave way to intricately tied, white linen neck cloths. A Regency Era, or early 1800s, gentleman was outfitted in more practical fabrics, such as wool, cotton and buckskin rather than the fussy brocades and silks of the late 1700s. 

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19th Century Crossed Letter or Cross Writing. A way to save paper and postage in Jane Austen and Bridgerton times. #JaneAusten #Regency #Amwriting

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19th Century Cross Letter or Cross Writing or Cross Hatching. The writer reached the bottom of the page, turned the paper sideways and continued writing. During the 19th century, paper was expensive and postal delivery was charged per page, or by the size of the paper. A way to save paper and postage.

19th Century Letter Cross Writing. A way to save paper and postage. #JaneAusten #Regency #Amwriting
  • Rates of Postage of single Letters in Pence.
  • From any post-office in England or Wales, to any place not exceeding 15 miles from such office – – – 3
  • For any distance above 15, and not exceeding 30 miles — — 4
  • For any distance above 30, and not exceeding 50 miles — 5
  • For any distance above 50, and not exceeding 80 miles –  6
  • For any distance above 80, and not exceeding 12O miles — 7
  • For any distance above 120, and not exceeding 170 miles –  8
  • For any distance above 170, and not exceeding 230 miles — 9
  • For my distance above 230, and not exceeding 300 miles — — 10
  • For any distance above 300, and not exceeding 400 miles –  11
  • For any distance above 400, and nut exceeding 500 mites — 12
  • 1802 Picture of London Printed for R. Phillips via Google Books (PD-180)

And so in proportion; the postage increasing progressively one penny for a single letter for every like excess ok distance of 100 miles. 1802 Picture of London Printed for R. Phillips via Google Books (PD-180)

  • The Twopenny Post- Office.
  • There are two principal offices, one in the General Post—office yard, Lombard—street  and the other in Gerrard-street, Soho. There are also numerous receiving houses in both the town and country.
  • There are SI X collections and deliveries of letters in town daily, (Sundays excepted) and there are two dispatches from, and three deliveries at, most places in the country, within the limits of this office.
  • 1802 Picture of London Printed for R. Phillips via Google Books (PD-180)
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1780 Rolltop Desk With Removable Legs, Germany. #GeorgianEra #Writing #Antiques

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1780 Rolltop Desk, With Removable Legs Germany. By Master Furniture Maker, David Roentgen,German. Numerous woods including oak, pine, walnut, cherry, tulipwood, mahogany, plus gilt bronze, brass, steel and iron, marble and partially tooled and gilded leather. Marquetry motifs of flowers and gardening. Interior pigeonholes and drawers, exterior handles shaped like lion masks holding gilded rings. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org


1780 Rolltop Desk, With Removable Legs Germany. By Master Furniture Maker, David Roentgen,German. Numerous woods including oak, pine, walnut, cherry, tulipwood, mahogany, plus gilt bronze, brass, steel and iron, marble and partially tooled and gilded leather. Marquetry motifs of flowers and gardening. Interior pigeonholes and drawers, exterior handles shaped like lion masks holding gilded rings. via Metropolitan Museum, N.Y.C., U.S.A. metmuseum.org

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1795 ca. Ormolu Mounted and Brass Inlaid Mahogany Traveling Desk, Russian. #Georgian #History #Antiques

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1795 ca. Traveling Desk, Russian.Ormolu-mounted and brass-inlaid mahogany, ebony and ebonized traveling desk, in the manner of Heinrich Gambs. sothebys.com suzilove.com

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