H: 18cm W: 37cm D: 25cm
Domed Coromandel Writing Box edged with radial brass, and with a double line of brass stringing. The box opens in two stages. Raising the lid reveals the vertical leather lined and gold tooled stationery rack, the front of which holds the ivory page turner. The horizontal section consists of a pen tilt and compartment underneath, two small lidded compartments, a pair of engraved brass screw-top ink bottles, and three white writing slates, framed with gold tooled leather, on which can be written notes memoranda etc. in pencil, which can then be removed with a rubber eraser or a damp cloth. The box is then unfolded again, and the original gold tooled deep blue velvet writing surface is revealed. The compartments beneath the writing surfaces are both lined with glorious satinwood.