b'40300JOHN WILSON CAREY stunning Queensland specimen wood writing box with fitted interior, handsomely inlaid with starburst top in tulip wood, water gum, scrub ebony, breadfruit tree, forest oak, deep yellow wood, pale yellow wood, cypress pine, scented myall, Morton Bay pine and beech, with Australian cedar secondary timbers, circa 1870.Accompanied by a hand-written key with timber details, plus a further hand-written note Made And Exhibited By JOHN WILSON CAREY, William St. Brisbane.An exceptional and rare example. 15cm high, 48cm wide, 26.5cm deep$6,0008,000300'