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<p>[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 238909, member: 4654"]This stunning early davenport desk has a sliding top, it's in wonderful condition. It has 5 matching Bramah locks with the 1799 stamp but unusually they have a Royal crest, I wondered if the desk had been made for the Royal family and they had had the locks personalised, after looking up Bramah lock stamps and even phoning Bramah themselves I am none the wiser, I can't find ones like it, Bramah did say they offered that service but all their records were destroyed in a fire in the 1970's so couldn't confirm it.</p><p>Locks aside it's walnut on mahogany, the walnut veneers are matching all over the desk with casters hidden in the carved feet.</p><p>The side pen drawer is accessed by removing one of the handles of the dummy drawers inside the slope.[ATTACH=full]72786[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72787[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72788[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72789[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72790[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72791[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72792[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72793[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72794[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="808 raver, post: 238909, member: 4654"]This stunning early davenport desk has a sliding top, it's in wonderful condition. It has 5 matching Bramah locks with the 1799 stamp but unusually they have a Royal crest, I wondered if the desk had been made for the Royal family and they had had the locks personalised, after looking up Bramah lock stamps and even phoning Bramah themselves I am none the wiser, I can't find ones like it, Bramah did say they offered that service but all their records were destroyed in a fire in the 1970's so couldn't confirm it. Locks aside it's walnut on mahogany, the walnut veneers are matching all over the desk with casters hidden in the carved feet. The side pen drawer is accessed by removing one of the handles of the dummy drawers inside the slope.[ATTACH=full]72786[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72787[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72788[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72789[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72790[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72791[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72792[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72793[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]72794[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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