WB171: Flame mahogany writing box with brass shield shape name plate, and escutcheon, brass corners and straps opening to a fitted interior with velvet covered writing slope, compartments for writing tools and inkwells. Under the writing surface there are places for storing papers. There are also secret drawers concealed behind a sprung panel released by pulling on one of the divisions. Circa 1845.
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