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Antique English Mahogany Campaign Style Lap Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
A lovely antique English mahogany campaign style travel desk / writing slope box with beautifully
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

19th Century English Victorian Campaign Style Travel Desk Writing Box
Located in Forney, TX
merchants and businessmen, this remarkable writing box was exquisitely hand-crafted in England in the mid
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Napoleon III Writing Slope or Box, Marquetry, France, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Napoleon III box. Marquetry. France, 19th century. Rectangular wooden box with a flat top and
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Other

Early Swedish 19th Century Wooden Folk Art Box with Originally Paint
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A Swedish original painted Folk Art box. From the beginning of the 19th century, most likely used
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Early 19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Pine

Swedish 1790s Rustic Oval Top Wooden Box with Iron Accents and Distressed Patina
Located in Atlanta, GA
A rustic Swedish wooden box from the late 18th century, with iron accents and natural patina
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Late 18th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Metal

English Partner Desk, Writing Desk
Located in Berlin, DE
box, slightly protruding tabletop. Green writing surface decorated with extraordinary gold embossing
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Mahogany, Leather

Antique English Partner Desk, Writing Desk
English Partner Desk, Writing Desk
H 28.35 in W 48.04 in D 30.71 in
Fine Antique Anglo Indian Mughal Carved Box
By Rajhastani
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Fine antique Anglo-Indian hand carved wooden jewelry box inlaid. A Nice Mughal Anglo Indian Pen Box
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Late 19th Century Indian Agra Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Wood

Box, casket, walnut, circa 1920, Art Deco, Austria
Located in Wien, AT
Very decorative wooden box with quality star shaped inlay work. This object is an original from
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Deco Antique Wooden Writing Box

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Walnut

19C English Tunbridgeware Tabletop Stationary Box, Micro Mosaic
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Dallas, TX
Stunning little 19th century tabletop stationary box made of micro-mosaic. Made in Britain
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Burl, Boxwood, Ebony, Walnut

Anglo-Indian Footed Box with Lidded Compartments, 19th Century
Located in North Hollywood, CA
19th century Anglo-Indian wooden box fitted with various compartments finely hand carved. The top
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Late 19th Century Indian Anglo-Indian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Sandalwood

Jewelry Box Covered with Blue Moroccan Leather Napoleon 3 Period
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Very pretty wooden box covered with blue green leather decorated bookbinders, enhanced with gold
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Wood, Leather

19th C. English Campaign Style Mahogany Travel Desk by G. Riddle, London
Located in Bridgeport, CT
below opens to wooden box and straps for holding correspondence. At the back is a hidden compartment
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19th Century English Campaign Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Neo Renaissance Walnut Table, 1890s
Located in Montelabbate, PU
and cardboard boxes is included. If the wooden packaging is needed (fumigated crates or boxes) for US
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1890s Italian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Walnut

Neo Renaissance Walnut Table, 1890s
Neo Renaissance Walnut Table, 1890s
H 32.29 in W 72.84 in D 32.68 in
Mid-18th Century Spanish Louis XIII Carved Walnut Library Console Table Desk
Located in Dallas, TX
Crafted in Spain circa 1760, the antique writing table stands on thick carved turned legs ending
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Mid-18th Century Spanish Louis XIII Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Walnut

Lord Nelson`s Family Portable Sloping Laptop Desk
Located in Dorking, GB
early oak boxes for his research and report on the Nelson Desk as follows: >>>> The desk has obviously
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Early 18th Century English Georgian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Oak

19th Century English Tunbridge Ware Marquetry Tea Caddy
Located in Forney, TX
gives a truly great effect. Rectangular decorative box form, the Regency period / early Victorian era
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19th Century English Regency Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Coromandel Brass Wooden Letters Stationery Writing Box Casket
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Absolutely stunning early Victorian well figured Coromandel Stationery Casket of museum quality and in outstanding condition. Mid to late Nineteenth Century, of English origin. Th...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and unusually large proportions, with lavish brass inlay
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Mahogany Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
An exceptionally fine quality English well figured Mahogany ladies or gents travelling writing
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Pewter Inlaid Burl Amboyne Coromandel Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
wooden Writing Slope is one of the finest examples ever offered. Height: 6.25” (16cm). Width: (an
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19th Century English Georgian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Brass Burl Walnut Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
writing area to include a gold leaf decorative border which is nicely done. Box closes firmly with no gaps
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Rare Complete Early 19th Century Indian Sadeli Work and Writing Box
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A rare complete Indian Sadeli inlaid work and writing box British India, Bombay (present-day
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Early 19th Century Indian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Bone, Wood

Antique Regency Campaign Writing Slope Brass Mounts, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
tooled red leather writing surface with stationery box and divisions, that features two ink well
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1820s Regency Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Wood

18th Century Gold Sewing Box with Wax Case, Scissors, Seal
Located in Paris, FR
boxes known as the Necessaire are small boxes or wooden cases used to hold toiletry items for travel
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1780s French Louis XVI Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Gold

Antique Judaical Historical Collection 16th Century to Early 20th Century
Located in Doha, QA
This extremely rare unique ancient Wooden Box with Judaical Religious Items inside was found behind
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16th Century Unknown Renaissance Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Bronze, Metal, Silver

Japan Antique Tea Master Ceremony Guide Double Scroll Matsudara Fumai 1751-1818
Located in South Burlington, VT
) entitled: Tea Ceremony Rules of Matsudaira Fumai (1751-1818) Includes a later wooden collector box
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19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Paper

Antique Japanese Rare Early Edo Era (dated 1675!) Document Tansu 30"H
Located in Portland, OR
Kakesuzuri and contains a Tegata box (passport box) that is dated from the early Edo Era (1675). This is
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Late 17th Century Japanese Antique Wooden Writing Box

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Wrought Iron

Japanese antique pottery Jar/10th-14th century/gray wabi-sabi jar/"Sueki"
Located in Sammu-shi, Chiba
, please fill another container with water and put it in this jar. It is stored in a special wooden box
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15th Century and Earlier Japanese Other Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Pottery

Large Oil Painting 'Old Town in Swabia', by Eduard Zetsche, Vienna, 1910
Located in Vienna, AT
, original condition, age-related traces on the surface Will be shipped in a wooden box.
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1910s Austrian Other Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Canvas

17th Century Spanish Vargueno with Decoupage Exterior on Baroque Style Base
Located in Milford, NH
valuables of the house. The carved Baroque style wooden trestle form base dates to the 19th century and has
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17th Century Spanish Baroque Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Wrought Iron

Antique Swiss Country Pay Table
Located in Forney, TX
single large frieze drawer, retaining the original forged iron handle, the sides accented with wooden
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18th Century Swiss Baroque Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Iron

Antique Swiss Country Pay Table
Antique Swiss Country Pay Table
H 30.25 in W 59 in D 34.5 in
Rare 19th Century English Tunbridgeware Hair Pin or Slide
Located in Dallas, TX
. Articles included cribbage boards, paperweights, writing slopes, snuffboxes and glove boxes. At the
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Late 19th Century English High Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

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Satinwood, Walnut

19th Century Anglo-Indian Lac-Engraved Bone Tabletop Accessory Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
box, in the form of a slant front desk, opening to reveal a writing surface supported by retractable
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19th Century Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Sandalwood, Bone

An Intricately Inlaid Tunbridge Ware Rectangular Wooden Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
An intricately inlaid English Tunbridge Ware rectangular wooden writing box with tumbling block
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19th Century English Antique Wooden Writing Box

Antique Victorian Brass Inlaid Mahogany Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
writing slope of outstanding quality and generous proportions. Third quarter of the Nineteenth Century
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Coromandel Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
dark colour, with a replaced leather in writing area which is nicely done. Box closes firmly with no
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Brass Burl Walnut Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
leather in writing area which is nicely done. Box closes firmly with no gaps. Lock is present. Please not
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Regency Brass Burl Walnut Traveling Desk Wooden Writing Slope Box 19ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
its wonderful rich honey colour, with a replaced leather in writing area which is nicely done. Box
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Early 20th Century Japanese Writing Box Travel Desk
Located in Forney, TX
A scarce antique, circa 1900, Japanese black lacquered wood writing slope / travel desk / document
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Early 20th Century Japanese Campaign Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Wood

Swedish Wooden Folk Art Box With Originally Paint, Dated 1814
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
A 19th Century Swedish original blue painted Folk Art box with original polychrome decoration
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1810s Swedish Folk Art Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Pine

Swedish Wooden Folk Art Box With Originally Paint, Dated 1814
Swedish Wooden Folk Art Box With Originally Paint, Dated 1814
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H 7.09 in W 12.41 in D 10.63 in
A late 15th century wood inlaid writing casket, Florence, Italy
Located in PARIS, FR
different types of stained native wood Rare writing box with intricate decoration of inlays belonging to a
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Walnut

Antique Japanese Metal Gun Box
Located in Essex, MA
central wooden bail handle and engraved brass plaque with Japanese writing, with latch and closing
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Metal

Antique Japanese Metal Gun Box
Antique Japanese Metal Gun Box
H 3.75 in W 20 in D 3.75 in
19th Century French Mahogany Writing Desk
Located in Forney, TX
work surface to 77 inches; above a solid wooden case fitted with four drawers, including bankers box
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Mid-19th Century French Restauration Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Leather, Mahogany, Oak

Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Boulle Writing and Stationery Slope, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a highly decorative antique Regency Gonçalo Alves and brass inlaid writing and stationery
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1820s English Regency Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

1920s Travelling Box, Mobile Secretary, England, London
Located in Greven, DE
: 28 x 43 x 22 cm Description: Unusual wooden box, so-called traveling secretary. When closed
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1920s English Antique Wooden Writing Box

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Oak

Charles X Period Sewing and Music Box
Located in Paris, FR
boxes or wooden cases used to hold toiletry items for travel. Gradually the definition of Necessaire
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1820s French Charles X Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Mother-of-Pearl, Velvet, Wood

Charles X Period Sewing and Music Box
Charles X Period Sewing and Music Box
H 11.03 in W 11.82 in D 9.06 in
19th Century Large Japanese Store Display Tea Box
Located in Troy, MI
Large wooden Japanese store display tea box, circa 1880s. All original finish with black back
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Gentleman's Correspondence Box, Campaign, Travel Case, Regency
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique gentleman's correspondence box. An English, Rosewood and mother of pearl inlaid
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Early 19th Century British Regency Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Rosewood

19th Century Crystal and Mother-of-Pearl Toiletry Box
Located in Paris, FR
boxes or wooden cases used to hold toiletry items for travel. Gradually the definition of Necessaire
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Early 19th Century French Charles X Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Crystal, Bronze

English Campaign Mahogany Lap Desk Decorative Box on Custom Stand, circa 1860
Located in Atlanta, GA
box over a custom-made wooden stand. The brass bound box opens to reveal a blue velvet fitted writing
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Writing Desk, French, Flame, Cedar, Bonheur Du Jour, Victorian, C.1860
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique writing desk. A French, flame mahogany and cedar bonheur du jour, dating to the
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Cedar

English 1850s Mahogany Lap Desk Box on Custom Stand Fitted with Black Leather
Located in Atlanta, GA
sitting above a custom made base. The brass bound box opens to reveal a black leather fitted writing area
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Mid-19th Century English Campaign Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

English 1850s Walnut Lap Desk Box on Custom Stand Fitted with Green Leather
Located in Atlanta, GA
sitting above a custom made base. The brass bound box opens to reveal a green leather fitted writing area
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Antique Victorian Inlaid Writing Table Desk Manner of Edwards & Roberts 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely late Vicorian Gonçalo Alves and Marquetry writing table / desk, Circa 1880 in date
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1880s English Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Leather, Wood

French Neo-Renaissance Hand-Carved Wooden Desk Henri II Style circa 1870 France
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
drawers on each box and three drawers in the belt. The top is covered with a red imitation leather. The
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19th Century French Renaissance Revival Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Wood

Antique Lady’s Gentleman’s Coromandel Jewelry Documents Box atrib Edwards London
Located in Dublin, Ireland
. David Edwards, a very fashionable maker of Writing Slopes, Dressing Cases and various small wooden items
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Early 19th Century English Regency Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

1950 Elegant Italian Secretary by Gio Ponti
By Gio Ponti
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Composed of a box placed on four high feet of square section in the shape of spindle, two thin
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1850s Italian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Wood

1950 Elegant Italian Secretary by Gio Ponti
1950 Elegant Italian Secretary by Gio Ponti
H 47.25 in W 35.44 in D 14.18 in
Stunning 19th Century Burr Walnut Pop Up Davenport Desk
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
with a very fine fretwork gallery above a slide out writing surface with the original tooled leather
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19th Century British Victorian Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Walnut

Bureau Plat á Gradin with Napoleonic Theme
Located in Soquel, CA
some minor scrapes here and there. Drawer with safe/lock box (includes key) has moving writing tablet
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Brass

Italian, Emiliana, Baroque Pearwood & Walnut 3-Drawer Table, Late 17th Century
Located in Atlanta, GA
turned wooden pegs, the drawers separated by decorative pearwood buttresses and retaining antique bronzes
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1680s Italian Baroque Antique Wooden Writing Box

Materials

Pearwood, Walnut

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