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Lot 223

Sale 6013 - English Furniture & Decorative Arts
May 4, 2010 6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$800 - 1,000
Price Realized
$425
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium

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Regency brass inlaid and kingwood banded goncalo alves lap desk early 19th century

Rectangular hinged top, opening to reveal a blue tooled leather writing surface, pen tray and two inkwells.

Note:
This box is a fine example in the use of exotic South American woods during the early 19th century. Until1808 direct trade between Brazil and England was restricted.

H: 5 1/4, W: 14, D: 9 1/4 in.

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