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I soooooo hate the fact that everything in Australia costs 10 times what it does everywhere else in the world.

 

Interesting and informative thread. I have no information to add, though. This type of thread is one of the reasons I like to come back here.

 

Absolutely agreed, Fig!
Before this thread, I knew SQUAT about writing boxes and/or steampunk laptops... and now I think I would not embarrass myself in a discussion about either.

 

Back then it was probably paid for in shillings and pence. These days it's a bloody nightmare.

 

Hehehehe.

Well, I hope the OP has all the necessary information that she needs to revive this box. It won't be easy, but it is possible. If she needs guidance on anything, she can ask me and I'll try and help if I can. In my time I've fixed about seven or eight of these boxes, all in varying levels of disrepair.

 

My goodness - thank you everyone!! I love the idea of the steampunk laptop, but that's probably a bigger job for me than I'm up for right now

(I think it's the ridiculous cost of posting/shipping things to or from Australia that makes everything cost more)

 

Quite so. Everything has to come here by ship, which jacks up the prices to absolutely insane levels.

 

Walnut , mid to late 1800's .. not worth a great deal in that condition
Several bits missing including one of the flaps .. so half the writing surface missing
These are often wrongly described as Tunbridgeware .. it is called German Bandwork .. possibly the rolls of inlay were imported from German .. the box was probably made in the UK

 

Hola, and welcome to the Forums, Paul!