Brass bound flame mahogany writing box of dovetail construction and restrained high quality.  Inside there is a sloping leather writing surface (modern replacement). There are further compartments for papers and writing implements. There is a nest of secret drawers hidden behind a panel. One of the secret drawers containing a piece of velvet and a note recording the velvet as being : 
“Piece of the covering of the late Princess Charlotte’s coffin.” 

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