WB482: High quality Regency brass edged mahogany writing box in the military style,
with countersunk brass handles opening to embossed leather (replacement) writing surface and compartments for pens and inkwells, having compartments for paper under the flaps. The box also features a mechanism so that it can be used as a reading stand or lectern. There are three secret drawers concealed behind a sprung panel. The box retains two original inkwells with screw tops. Circa 1810.