AN ANGLO-INDIAN SANDALWOOD WRITING SLOPE

AN ANGLO-INDIAN SANDALWOOD WRITING SLOPE

LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY

profusely carved with a central deity, flanked by a pair of winged beasts and surrounded by scrolling foliage, with birds and other animals, the hinged covers enclosing an interior with a velvet lined slope and a pair of metal capped glass inkwells

12.5cm hgh, 38cm, wide, 24cm deep