Condition Report
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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
Lot Description
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.