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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;afantiques, post: 105365, member: 25&quot;]That is not Tunbridge ware but parquetry decoration. Parquetry is geometric marquetry. Tunbridge is wood micro-mosaic. The wood around the leather surface seems to be rosewood. The outside could be walnut.</p><p><br /></p><p>As a writing slope it is a bit of a relic, although the outside of the box is apparently in reasonable condition.&nbsp; It might fetch the equivalent of $30 in an auction here in Britain. </p><p><br /></p><p>I am pretty sure I could pick one up comparable to the good condition example shown for around the equivalent of $150. The market for these is pretty dead at the moment.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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