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AN EARLY VICTORIAN MAHOGANY & BRASS BOUND WRITING BOX
by FISHER, 188 The Strand,
the interior with double hinged slope revealing panel beneath the pen tray and ink wells
concealing three small drawers, the lock stamped Bramah Patent
*Wilkie Collins (the Victorian author) much admired Dickens travelling desk and had an exact copy made for himself by Messrs Fisher, 188 the strand (Catherine Peters: A Life of Wilkie Collins)
45 x 26 x 15.5 cms
circa 1850
£ 485.