λ A VICTORIAN HARDWOOD AND BRASS BOUND WRITING SLOPE

λ A VICTORIAN HARDWOOD AND BRASS BOUND WRITING SLOPE
C.1860

possibly huanghuali, the hinged lid inset with a brass plaque inscribed 'Presented to the Revd William Glen By his Friends at Marsh Gibbon in Grateful Remembrance of his Ministry amongst them, September 1862' the interior with a leather lined writing surface, inkwells and a pen tray

18.5cm high, 50.5cm wide, 28.7cm deep