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Antique Boxes in English Society
1760 -1900
by ANTIGONE

WRITING BOXES

 
 
An example of secret drawers in a good quality writing box of c 1815.  A panel is released when finger pressure is applied to part of the box, in this example the inkwell has to be taken out to access.