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Period: 19th Century
Antique Victorian Mahogany Stationary Box w. Perpetual Calendar, Bramah Improved
Located in Lisse, NL
Stylish and mint condition, antique desk or table piece.
This rare and beautifully crafted Victorian luxury letter box is a true testament to 19th-century craftsmanship and ingenuity. Made from rich, solid wood with a deep, warm patina, it blends functional design with timeless elegance. More than just a storage piece, this is a refined system for organizing correspondence, complete with a built-in perpetual calendar and integrated writing panel.
Behind the sleek double doors—one of which locks with its key—you’ll find a cleverly designed interior fitted with multiple compartments for letters, documents, and notes. At the top is a charming perpetual calendar with original sliders displaying the day, date, and month—an eye-catching and practical feature.
What truly sets this piece apart are the two fold-out panels inside each door. One features a removable writing surface, ideal for jotting down notes with a pencil or crayon. The opposite panel includes straps for securing cards or memos. In addition, there are hidden drawers and compartments for pens, stamps, or other stationery, making this a uniquely functional piece for both historical display and modern-day use.
The box features two front doors—one with its original Bramah lock, marked “Bramah Improved”, a renowned name in high-security locks since the 18th century.—perhaps a postmaster, a ship's purser, or a gentleman's estate office.
So, if you would rather sit down and write someone a real letter or postcard then, in our view, you will be the right custodian for this stylish and beautifully made antique.
Mind you, our fair price for this great value for money antique even includes perfect packing and also worldwide delivery from our store to your door in just 4 days.
Maximum width x height x depth when closed: 16.2 x 14.4 x 10.1 inches.
Ideal for:
*Collectors of antique desk accessories or postal items.
*Interior decorators looking for a unique office or library statement piece.
*A refined and functional letter organizer.
*An exceptional gift for lovers of history and craftsmanship.
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Category
European Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Eastlake Walnut & Burl Cylinder Secretary Desk c1890
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique Victorian Eastlake Walnut & Burl Cylinder Secretary Desk c1890.
84 1/4" x 38 5/8" x 21 1/...
Category
Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut, Burl
$2,760 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique RJ Horner Figural Carved Mahogany Griffin Library Table Partners Desk
Located in Dayton, OH
An exceptionally carved mahogany partners desk by R.J. Horner & Co, circa 1890s. Drawing inspiration from Victorian & Italian Baroque Styling. Features a serpentine form with carved ...
Category
American High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$15,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Early to Mid 19th Century American Walnut Plantation Desk 2-pc
Located in Louisville, KY
The 19th Century was known as a golden age of letter writing and diary keeping. As such, desks were necessary pieces found in many homes and businesses across America. Of the many de...
Category
American Folk Art Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Rare Antique 19th century Dutch warm honey color classic Cylinder Desk
Located in Casteren, NL
Presented here is a magnificent antique cylinder desk crafted in the heart of the Netherlands during the mid-19th century, around 1850. This meti...
Category
Dutch Neoclassical Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany, Oak
$7,558 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique 19th century warm brown oak Dutch Lectern or portable desk writing box
Located in Casteren, NL
This exquisite antique writing box was meticulously handcrafted using traditional joinery techniques, with beautifully visible dovetail joints at the corners. Made in the Southern Ne...
Category
Dutch Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Steel
Cherry Slant Front Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A nice early 19th century Cherry slant front desk probably Pennsylvania or Virginia. Nicely dovetailed case resting on tall bracket feet. The interior sur...
Category
American Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Cherry
$1,595
19thc French Louis XVI Style Bureau Plat Desk with Ormolu in Diminutive Size
Located in Savannah, GA
Handsome diminutive size French Louis XVI lady's writing table constructed of mahogany and featuring a black leather top with gold Greek key border, foliate bronze ormolu mounts and ...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ormolu
Highly Carved Mahogany Desk with a Intricate Carved Gallery 1890
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Highly carved mahogany with a flat top writing surface and a intricate carrved gallery with dragons and birds. Carvinga are on every service ans these are highly skiiied labor. See ...
Category
Chinese Chinese Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique English Regency Mahogany Davenport Writing Desk Occasional Side Table
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Imposing example of an English well figured Rosewood late Regency Period Davenport Desk or occasional side piece of compact proportions, in the manner of renowned Cabinet Make...
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
American Federal Swirl Mahogany Butler's Desk New York, Circa 1800s
Located in Germantown, MD
An American Federal Swirl Mahogany Butler's Desk New York Circa late 18th Century to Early 19th Century , featuring three flawlessly working upper drawer, and A Abattant Door that o...
Category
American Federal Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
$9,450 Sale Price
30% Off
5' English Regency Center Pedestal, Tilt-Top Dining or Breakfast Table, c. 1820
Located in Miami, FL
Just over 5' long this unusually large rectangular English Regency breakfast or dining table in mahogany can seat up to 8 in a pinch (family and friends) and 6 with a lot of room and...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Late 19th Century English Georgian Taste Partner's Desk
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
Late 19th century Georgian taste partner's desk, English. Mahogany with ash secondary wood. Quality green leather writing surface with tooling & gilt tooling. Rank of drawers & cabin...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ash
Antique French Desk Library Office Barley Twist Renaissance Revival Oak 19th C
Located in Tyler, TX
EXCELLENT 19th Century Antique French Oak Renaissance Revival Library Office Executive Desk with 10 Drawers and Barley Twist Legs~~c. 1880s
With so many people working from home no...
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
1800s American Federal Mahogany Butler's Secretary Desk
Located in Germantown, MD
An early 19th Century Federal Mahogany Butler's Secretary Desk recently refinished.
Measure 45.75" in width, 21" in depth and 44" in height.
Category
American Federal Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$6,296 Sale Price
30% Off
Cherry Chippendale Slant Front Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
A very nice New England Cherry Chippendale Slant Front desk with a great color and patina on an older refinish. Nicely fitted interior with a shell ...
Category
American Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Cherry
R. J. Horner Style Antique Victorian Tiger Oak Writing Desk or Library Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique Victorian tiger oak writing desk or library table
In the manner of R.J. Horner & Co.
USA, Circa 1890s
Measures: 46"W x 26.25"D x 29.13"H.
Good original vintage...
Category
American Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
19th Century English Mahogany Partners Desk
Located in Round Top, TX
Distinctive and elegant, this English mahogany partners desk has 9 functioning drawers on one side and 3 drawers over two cabinet doors on the opposite side.
Please enlarge photos t...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Queen Anne Chinoiserie Lacquer Pedestal Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
19th century Queen Anne Chinoiserie black lacquer pedestal desk. Desk features three-quarter gallery top over three horizontal drawers, and doo...
Category
English Chinoiserie Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Antique English Victorian Carved Walnut Writing Desk or Console Table
Located in South Bend, IN
A gorgeous antique English Victorian writing desk or console table
In the manner of Herter Brothers
England, Circa 1880s
Carved walnut, with bamboo form legs.
Measures: 38"W x 21...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique English Georgian Mahogany Fold-Over Games Card Tea Side Table 19Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Stylish English Georgian Flame Mahogany Games Card Table of outstanding quality, early Nineteenth Century. Circa 1820.
The crossbanded fold-over top of rectangular form with round...
Category
British Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Chippendale Style Drop Front Mahogany Desk for Restoration
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A well made and very decorative Drop Front Desk with boldly carved Scallop Shells, intricate brass Bat Wing pulls and escutcheons, four dove tail construction drawers, Gallery top an...
Category
Chippendale Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Quervelle School American Empire Carved Flame Mahogany Secretary c1840
Located in Big Flats, NY
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Antique Quervelle School American Empire Carved Flame Mahogany Secretary Desk C1840.
Measures - 93...
Category
American Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$3,160 Sale Price
20% Off
Very Fine George IV Mahogany and Ebony Partners Desk by Gillows
Located in Greenwich, CT
Very fine George IV mahogany and ebony partners desk by Gillows of Lancaster, circa 1825, the tooled double border leather top with cross banding an...
Category
English Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Ebony, Mahogany
French Antique 19th Century Napoleon III Ebonized Inlaid Secretary Desk
Located in Shippensburg, PA
NAPOLEON III EBONIZED AND MARQUETRY-INLAID SECRETARY DESK
France, circa late 19th century
Item # 311PCG30A
An intricately bone-inlaid Napoleon I...
Category
French Napoleon III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Marble
Antique English Regency Rosewood Library Table Writing Desk Gillows Lancaster
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A Very Imposing example of an English well figured Rosewood Library or Writing Table firmly attributed to renowned Cabinet Makers Gillows of rectangular outline with rounded corners....
Category
British Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Biedermeier secretaire, circa 1830
Located in London, GB
A Biedermeier secre´taire a` abattant of unusual tapered form, goncalo alves with ebonized, inlaid and pewter decoration, and an enclosed fitted interior, Russian/Baltic, circa 1830.
Category
Baltic Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Pewter
Antique Dutch Marquetry Slant Top Desk
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Dutch marquetry bombe form slant top desk, late 19th century. With exquisite floral marquetry throughout, stepped interior and hand dovetailed drawer construction.
Category
Dutch Louis XV Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Antique Gentlemans Satinwood Rosewood Crossbanded Speciman Cabinet Early 19th Ct
Located in Dublin, Ireland
A superb example of an early Irish Mahogany Georgian Demi-Lune fold-over games table of outstanding museum quality. Made in Ireland during the last quart...
Category
English Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Ebony, Mahogany, Walnut, Satin
Early 1800's English George III Style Drop Front Desk
Located in Louisville, KY
This early 19th century Georgian drop-front desk is reflective of an era when form and function paired beautifully to bring people amazing pieces. Made from gorgeous walnut this desk...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Desk table in the style of Osvaldo Borsani for Tecno design, Italy 1950
Located in taranto, IT
Wonderful table desk in the style of osvaldo borsani for Tecno, Italy, about 1950.
Equipped with two chests of drawers, one suspended and rotatable, with a large window...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Iron
Viennese Baroque Secretary Slant Door Bureau ar 1860 Straight & Heavy Solid Oak
Located in Landshut, BY
This rather straight, very heavy solid oak Viennese baroque folding desk has been carefully restored to its original condition - no replacements! Even the 2 main keys are still there...
Category
Austrian Baroque Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass, Iron
Antique Victorian American Carved Griffin Desk Attributed to RJ Horner
Located in Swedesboro, NJ
This is a spectacular R.J. Horner attributed writing or libray table. The desk features robust, precise carving of griffons and various floral elements. The desk wear its original fi...
Category
American Late Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
$5,596 Sale Price
20% Off
French 19th century antique writing desk Black Forest hunt Renaissance revival
Located in Ijzendijke, NL
Gorgeous French antique 19th century Renaissance revival / Hunt style Writing desk in carved oak.
Marvelous decorated hunt style desk with fox head drawers & barley twisted columns....
Category
French Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
Fine Antique Burl Walnut Inlaid Marquetry Carved Davenport Secretary Desk 1860
Located in Portland, OR
A very fine antique burl & figured walnut marquetry Davenport desk, circa 1860.
The davenport is made from the finest highly figured burl walnut, to the top is a lift up lid with a ...
Category
English High Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Maple, Satinwood, Walnut, Burl
Antique American Walnut Renaissance Revival Aesthetic Movement Desk Table 1875
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique American walnut Renaissance Revival writing table desk, circa 1875.
The table demonstrating the influence of the Aesthetic Movement and designers such as Charles Eastl...
Category
American Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
19th Century Bleached Oak Secretary
Located in Houston, TX
19th century bleached oak drop front secretary. A pair of drawers aligned neatly beneath a drop-front writing section. When the writing surface is pulled down, the interior drawer s...
Category
French Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
19th Century Boulle Ormolu and Ebony Bureau Plat/Desk by Mathieu Béfort, France
Located in North Miami, FL
Late 19th century Regency Boulle-style ormolu and ebony wood bureau plat/desk by Mathieu Béfort (AKA: Béfort Jeune), France
By: Mathieu Béfort, Béfort Jeune, André-Charles Boulle (i...
Category
French Regency Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Metal, Silver, Bronze, Copper, Ormolu
19th century English Adam Style Hand Painted Satinwood Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
Satinwood desk with reticulated sides that are extraordinarily hand-painted with festooned drapery, ribbons and bows. Decorated on all sides this lovely piece can float in a room and...
Category
British Adam Style Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Satinwood
$4,197 Sale Price
28% Off
Large Notary Writing Desk Louis XVI Style
Located in BARSAC, FR
Rare Louis XVI style notary writing desk made of mahogany frieze marquetry and light wood and rosewood fillet friezes.
Four solid mahogany fluted legs joined by a spacer shelf.
Fre...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Victorian Burr Walnut Davenport Writing Table Desk - C. 1870
Located in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
Presenting an exquisite Victorian Burr and Figured Walnut Davenport Writing Table Desk dating back to approximately 1870. This charming piece exudes age and character, making it a ra...
Category
British Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
$1,956 Sale Price
30% Off
Antique Swiss German Black Forest Carved Walnut Writing Letter Box Folding Desk
By Black Forest
Located in Portland, OR
A very good carved walnut Swiss German Black Forest writing box, folding desk desk, Brienz Switzerland, circa 1890.
The slant front is finely carved in relief with a design of quills...
Category
German Black Forest Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
19th Century French Wooden Writing Desk
Located in Oud Beijerland, NL
Very nice writing desk, fabricated in France in the 19th Century.
It has a lift up lid.
On the front there are two drawers.
The desk has traces of use, see the pictures.
We work w...
Category
French Other Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Wood
Antique English Aesthetics Movement Bamboo and Lacquer Desk
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive 19th century English desk handcrafted in bamboo in a Japonisme form featuring lacquered panels hand decorated with flowers and birds, the original brass hardware, leather ...
Category
English Aesthetic Movement Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bamboo
Antique 19th Century Architect's Mahogany Pedestal Desk Drafting Table 1870
Located in Portland, OR
A good and unusual 19th century antique mahogany pedestal architect's drafting table, desk, circa 1870.
The desk/drafting table having a hinged lift up writing/drawing surface that c...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Georgian Mahogany Partners' Desk
Located in Greenwich, CT
19th century English mahogany partner's desk, the leather lined top with gilt tooling, over three drawers on each side, supported by two pedestal bases, each with a cabinet door on o...
Category
English Georgian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Country French Provincial Pine Farmhouse Table
Located in Astoria, NY
Charming 19th-century French Provincial farmhouse writing desk or small dining table, sourced directly from Provence, France. Handcrafted from solid rustic European pine, it features...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Chrome
19th Century French Louis XVI Style Satinwood Writing Desk W/ Green Vinyl
Located in Astoria, NY
An elegant late 19th-century French writing desk in the Louis XVI style, sourced from Provence. Expertly handcrafted from satinwood, it features a rectangular top lined with dark gre...
Category
French Louis XVI Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Brass
Rare Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Writing Desk, c. 1820
Located in Southampton, NY
Rare Austrian Biedermeier Walnut Writing Desk, c. 1820
A Rare Austrian Biedermeier Writing Desk, chest of drawers, walnut root head venee...
Category
Austrian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Maple, Walnut
Grande Biedermeier Secrétaire
Located in New York, NY
A perfect example of the wealthy, elegant Biedermeier period, this impressive, secretary is veneered in flame mahogany and birch intarsia, with bone escutcheons, secret compartments,...
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Scandinavian Biedermeier Antique 19th Century Desks
American Renaissance Carved Oak Desk
Located in Norwood, NJ
American renaissance carved oak desk/library table, in the manner of R.J. Horner, New York. Top with foliate carved border. Center carved lion's mask on pull out single draw. Turned ...
Category
American Renaissance Revival Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Oak
$1,856 Sale Price
25% Off
Early 19th Century French Empire Flame Mahogany Drop Front Secretary Desk
Located in Miami, FL
Classic antique Early 19th Century French Empire drop front secretary desk made with magnificent high quality flame mahogany adorned with bronze doré mounts and its original gray mar...
Category
French Empire Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Bronze
$6,240 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century American Mahogany Slant Front Desk
Located in Richmond, VA
Early 19th century American mahogany slant front desk. Probably Boston, has the blockfront shape that is typical to that area. Nice ...
Category
American Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
19th Century Country French Provincial Walnut Writing Table Desk
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Handsome 19th century country French provincial diminutive writing table or desk carved from walnut. The top and frieze have a gracefully curved serpentine shape with a small storage...
Category
French French Provincial Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Walnut
Antique Wooden Ericsson MB 115 Crank Magneto Field Telephone 1895 С Mark 1
Located in Sweden, SE
Rare, hard to find. Telephone “C” Mark 1 (Mk 1), designed by Ericsson’s of Stockholm, was the first portable military telephone. It was used in large numbers in the South African War of 1899-1902 by the Telegraph Battalion RE and became the standard field telephone...
Category
Swedish Art Nouveau Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Metal, Brass
Antique Victorian French Inlaid Rosewood Freestanding Bureau/Desk
Located in Suffolk, GB
Antique Victorian French inlaid rosewood freestanding bureau/desk having the original gilt metal gallery above a devine shaped inlaid marquetry fall opening to reveal a fitted interi...
Category
French Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Rosewood
Superb Quality Large Antique George III Mahogany Bureau
Located in Suffolk, GB
Superb quality large antique George III mahogany bureau having a superb quality mahogany fall opening to reveal a fitted interior co...
Category
English George III Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Other
Substantial 19th Century Figured Burr Walnut Partners' Desk by Holland & Sons
Located in London, GB
A Substantial Walnut Partners' Desk
By Holland & Sons
A fully fitted partners desk with identical arrangements to both sides, constructed using finely figured walnut and with a tool...
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Victorian Davenport Desk Lift Top Pop Up Mechanism Concealed File Compartment
Located in Rockaway, NJ
English Victorian Davenport Desk Lift Top Pop Up Mechanism Concealed File Compartment.
Beautiful burl wood cabinet.
Category
English Victorian Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Maple, Oak, Burl
Federal Butlers Desk
Located in Bradenton, FL
Very attractive Mahogany southern Federal Butlers Desk probably mid Atlantic states around 1820-30. Large bottle drawers on either side of a nicely fi...
Category
American Federal Antique 19th Century Desks
Materials
Mahogany
$1,895
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