Bidspirit auction | Two Early Victorian Lap Desks,

Two Early Victorian Lap Desks, 19th Century - Two Early Victorian Rosewood lap desks, second quarter 19th century, comprising a cut brass inlaid rosewood example and a Tunbridgeware mother-of-pearl inlaid figured walnut example, together with an early Victorian parcel ebonized rosewood inkstand. Dimensions: height of largest 6in; width 13 3/4in; depth 9in. Provenance: From a Bucks County Estate. Condition: Each with typical marks, wear, scuffs, surface scratches, age cracks, and losses throughout. Both lap desks are lacking some interior fittings. The rosewood lap desk with a full width age crack to the top, warping and movement to veneers. The inkstand with heavy loss of veneer and a break to the small turned handle. No glass ink bottles are present to any of the three examples.