{"product_id":"storage-box-converted-from-victorian-tooled-leather-photo-album-with-brass-clasp","title":"Victorian tooled leather photo album storage box, brass clasp","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAbout this piece\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA small photo album converted into a storage box — hinges, clasp and tooled leather exterior all original to its first life. It began as a proper Victorian showcase for cartes de visite and cabinet cards, the small photographic portraits families collected and displayed before anyone had an album app to do the job instead; somewhere along the way, its sturdiness outlasted its original purpose, and it became a box.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe exterior still carries its original engraving, brass rivets down the spine, and an ornate brass clasp doing a fair impression of a strongbox latch. Open it, though, and the tone shifts entirely: the interior is lined with high-relief paper, hand-painted with florals and foliage, detail that was never meant to be seen by anyone outside the family circle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShut, it's handsome. Open, it's a small surprise — and either way, it's exactly what a desk always needs more of: somewhere discreet to put things.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCondition notes\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGood antique condition. Scuffing and wear to leather appropriate to age and use; some cracks to wood.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rita's Bazaar","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54035838697805,"sku":"3692","price":75.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0975\/4191\/4957\/files\/136-IMG_0179-Photoroom_d257c0cf-89c1-46bc-bd9d-3028668db303.jpg?v=1780946674","url":"https:\/\/ritasbazaar.co.uk\/products\/storage-box-converted-from-victorian-tooled-leather-photo-album-with-brass-clasp","provider":"Rita’s Bazaar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}