Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 5 March 2018
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 35 000 - 40 000
About this Item
A mahogany easel-back travelling desk, late 19th century
the clock with enamel dial and roman numerals, the back-plate stamped 1353,, the open easel frame headed by arched cresting set with a timepiece headed by a turned finial, the fall-front enclosing a papered backboard painted with figures at a lakeside, fitted with letter, ink and pen compartments flanked by three drawers, with gilt-tooled green leather writing surface, the fall-front with an oriental leather insert and articulated brass columns, with carved legs, 182cm high, 77cm wide, 119cm deep fully open
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