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Message:: [QUOTE="808 raver, post: 239025, member: 4654"]This isn't the only davenport desk I've seen by T Wilson, they all have Bramah locks, but none of the others (2) I've seen have the crest stamped, I'm quite sure the locks are original, it would be impossible to get 5 matching locks from 1790's. So that just leaves the stamped crests, when I bought this desk I knew nothing of the maker, I knew Bramah locks were only fitted to the best pieces but I knew nothing of the stamps, it was only when researching the date via the locks I found the anomaly of the crest. If they were put there to deceive, it wasn't me they were trying to deceive, don't get me wrong I did pay a lot for it at the time (4 years ago) but that was at the bottom of the market, it's now worth 4x what I paid just as a nice davenport but if a Royal connection can be found it could be 100x what I paid or more. The cost of making a steal stamp would be quite expensive and the stamp is very small to get such detail in, it's less than 1 cm big. I think the combination of 220 years of polish, ware, and being stamped with a hammer as opposed to the "Bramah Patent" being done with a press has taken it's toll. As for the address, from 1784-1797 no address was stamped just the words Bramah Patent, all 5 locks are stamped, the drawers are stamped twice and the slope lock is stamped 3 times.[/QUOTE]