Bidspirit auction | Pair George III Mahogany Knife

Pair George III Mahogany Knife Boxes - A pair of Georgian period mahogany knife boxes featuring serpentine-fronted bodies with vertically reeded panels and slanted, hinged lids. The exteriors are crafted with flame mahogany veneers and finished with dark-stained or ebonized stringing along the edges. The interiors are fitted with inlaid wooden fretwork decks containing numerous pierced apertures of varying geometric shapes designed to hold a service of cutlery. The boxes are equipped with white-metal hardware, including shield-shaped keyhole escutcheons and small ring-pull latches. The interior backboard of one box bears handwritten characters in black ink reading RN / RJ. One box retains a single key.