Writing slope
Category
Desktop & office
Date
Unknown
Materials
Brass, Mahogany
Measurements
120 x 450 mm; 450 mm (Length)
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Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 435300
Summary
A small travelling writing slope with a top lifting lid. The desk contains 50 photographs of the current Lord Brownlow, a box of pen nibs and several pens. The desk is of wood with boulle work on the sides. There are three silver plated pencil holders and two fobs on a ring, one is the rampant lion beneath a coronet the other, reads 'Aqansco fortunani meani' and is in the form of a stamp. Resting on top is an oblong matching paper weight.