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<p>[QUOTE="Soki, post: 6489171, member: 79556"]That‘s a tough one…I had many nice finds in 2022. My favorite piece probably is this regency era writing slope from the 1830s or 1840s. I have a heart for damaged antiques and so for this piece. The writing surface had sadly been removed and the small remaining piece functions now as a document holder. It has two beautiful hidden compartments behind a solid over 1cm thick Bird‘s-Eye Maple board. The sawn Bird‘s-Eye Maple Veneer on the interior is super rare on a slope of this age. It was used mostly in cheaper knive-cut pieces on later boxes.</p><p>The outer veneer is very nice flame-like Cocobolo. Looks best in sunlight, is much darker indoors.</p><p>There are 5 drilled holes on the bottom. This indicates that this piece was used on a boat and was therefore screwed on a table. So it didn’t fall off it on rough sea. Some captains boxes even had an clamp-mechanism for that purpose.</p><p>I was the only person bidding on it. Got it for 48 GBP.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]419514[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419515[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]419516[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Soki, post: 6489171, member: 79556"]That‘s a tough one…I had many nice finds in 2022. My favorite piece probably is this regency era writing slope from the 1830s or 1840s. I have a heart for damaged antiques and so for this piece. The writing surface had sadly been removed and the small remaining piece functions now as a document holder. It has two beautiful hidden compartments behind a solid over 1cm thick Bird‘s-Eye Maple board. The sawn Bird‘s-Eye Maple Veneer on the interior is super rare on a slope of this age. It was used mostly in cheaper knive-cut pieces on later boxes. The outer veneer is very nice flame-like Cocobolo. Looks best in sunlight, is much darker indoors. There are 5 drilled holes on the bottom. This indicates that this piece was used on a boat and was therefore screwed on a table. So it didn’t fall off it on rough sea. Some captains boxes even had an clamp-mechanism for that purpose. I was the only person bidding on it. Got it for 48 GBP. [ATTACH=full]419514[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419515[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]419516[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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