Lot 55: Rare Trustee’s Slant Lid Desk Box

Lot 55: Rare Trustee’s Slant Lid Desk Box

Cherry, walnut and poplar, pine top, long slant lid with worn green felt covering (modern cut replacement), opening to large storage compartment, 6 3/4″ gallery top, finely dovetailed, separate utility box, finely dovetailed for pens, pencils and clips, handmade screws around circumference of lid for 1/8″ quarter-round applied molding, c. 1870-1880, 6″ h (at gallery), 4″ h at lid, 27″ l, 19 1/2″ w.

Estimate $1,200 – 1,600

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Description

Cherry, walnut and poplar, pine top, long slant lid with worn green felt covering (modern cut replacement), opening to large storage compartment, 6 3/4″ gallery top, finely dovetailed, separate utility box, finely dovetailed for pens, pencils and clips, handmade screws around circumference of lid for 1/8″ quarter-round applied molding, c. 1870-1880, 6″ h (at gallery), 4″ h at lid, 27″ l, 19 1/2″ w.

Estimate $1,200 – 1,600