Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 2 - 30 Jun 2022
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