Victorian Gothic Burr Walnut Casket & Bookend
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A Victorian burr walnut casket letter box and a Bookend, second half 19th century both in the Gothic manner, the brassbound desk casket with brass strapping and studs, shaped swing handle, blue silk lining to the partitioned interior, brass lock but no key, and the rectangular bookend with inward folding shield form ends, decorated with pierced and engraved brass plates centering shields with studs. Height 17.5 cm, length 22.5 cm, width 11.5 cm, (box) length 33 cm, (bookend)
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- Burr - Burr (or in the USA, burl) is the timber from the knotted roots or deformed branch of the tree, which when cut, displays the small circular knots in various gradations of colour. It is always cut into a decorative veneer, most commonly seen as burr walnut on 19th century furniture.
- Victorian Period - The Victorian period of furniture and decorative arts design covers the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901. There was not one dominant style of furniture in the Victorian period. Designers used and modified many historical styles such as Gothic, Tudor, Elizabethan, English Rococo, Neoclassical and others, although use of some styles, such as English Rococo and Gothic tended to dominate the furniture manufacture of the period.
The Victorian period was preceded by the Regency and William IV periods, and followed by the Edwardian period, named for Edward VII (1841 ? 1910) who was King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India for the brief period from 1901 until his death in 1910.
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