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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;bluumz, post: 10098086, member: 649&quot;]A find for me to keep! I picked this up on FB Marketplace for &quot;only&quot; $100.</p><p>The Chicago seller bought it from a London antiques dealer who claimed it was English and 1840s. Does that seem right? It&#039;s missing a few little inlay bits but I can accept that. The central shield was never monogrammed.</p><p>There are no marks on any of the metal (locks, hinges, etc). I was able to pick up an appropriate-looking working key from a local locksmith. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I&#039;m so pleased that the leather(?) writing surface is intact! Pity about the missing lid for the pen compartment but I&#039;ll fashion something. And I found an old glass inkwell on Etsy for cheap that should fit in the compartment on the right.</p><p>The two little compartments on the left are slanted inside, what would they be for? Pen nibs?</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]506804[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]506805[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]506806[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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