Antique Edwardian Era English Oak & Brass Cigar Chest, Mechanical & "1902 Regatta" Engravings LV Oil painting portrait on copper

Oil painting portrait on copper plaque

or on bookshelf

spurring markets for decorative objects in that era

but of course some do and turn these into photo lockets

both its original ink wells intact but for the caps

Antique Edwardian Era English Oak & Brass Cigar Chest, Mechanical & "1902 Regatta" Engravings LV Oil painting portrait on copperFantastic antique English Victorian to Edwardian era 12 1 4" desk top smoker's chest or cigar presenter in solid oak with brass accents, mechanical lid opening when drawer is pulled and two medallions reading "Windsor & Eton Regatta 1902" and "Scratch Eights P. J. Odell, Bow"! Ok, the Victorian era actually transitioned to the Edwardian era in 1901 so this one is just on the cusp. The brass cartouches engraved, one with "Windsor & Eton Regatta 1902"