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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Shangas, post: 105574, member: 360&quot;]There is a LOT missing. It would be possible to repair it if you or your husband have sufficient woodworking skills, but that&#039;s up to you. Writing-box inkwells (a specific type manufactured for this purpose) may be found on eBay (modern reproductions). Or you can hold out hopes to find an antique one, although I wouldn&#039;t hold my breath - they&#039;re not easy to find. </p><p><br /></p><p>Fixing the lock and the key should be relatively painless. Any decent hardware shop or antiques/period-furniture fittings/hardware shop will have what you need. </p><p><br /></p><p>Cutting a new top panel shouldn&#039;t be too difficult. Then you gotta fit it into the slot and secure it with glue and fabric and leather etc. It&#039;s a bit messy, but it can be done. I&#039;ve done it myself, so it&#039;s not impossible. </p><p><br /></p><p>Once fountain pens became practical writing instruments, writing boxes just became obsolete. It&#039;s like once you have a laptop computer, or a tablet, who carries around a typewriter? Same thing, really. </p><p><br /></p><p>But some things were still usable - like the locks, like the keys, like the inkwells, etc. so they were cannibalised out of the old boxes, and put to use elsewhere, or else were broken up and went missing in the process.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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