ANTIQUE TORTOISESHELL AND SILVER DESK BY WILLIAM COMYNS
Date: London 1905-1906
Stock Number: 01221/win11
Height: 8.75 ins / 22.23 cm
Width: 10 ins / 25.4 cm
Depth: 6.5 ins / 16.51 cm
Price: £2250
A superb quality tortoiseshell and silver table stationery desk by William Comyns, the silver galleried top over a serpentine fronted fall inlaid with silver decoration, including a basket of fruit and trailing flowers, a shepherds crook and an oar, this opens to reveal a red silk lined interior for papers and envelopes, all supported on elaborate scrolled legs to bun feet.
