Description
Heading : Tunbridge ware writing slope with cubework
Date : c1840
Period : Victoria
Origin : Probably Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central perspective cubework with van dyke triangles to border. Interior lined with pink paper and a felt lined slope. The slope lifts to reveal a cavity below. Pen tray and inkwells. Underside of slope has inscription “E Shepherd May 23 1855” and faint “Ellen Shepherd”
Size : 33.5cm x 30cm, 10.2cm height
Condition : Very good – light wear and minor lifting to exteiror. Interior inkstained and the felt would once have had a tag with which to lift, this is now missing.
Restoration : The pink lining to underside of cover has been replaced – although the rest of the lining paper is original. Inkwells replacements.
Weight : 1894 grams
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