#1095 • G. Betjemann & Sons for Bailey & Co. Travel Desk

Part of Fine And Decorative Arts | December 12, 2024 at 10:00 AM (live auction by Alderfer Auction)

High bid $600.00

Status: Sold

Victorian British travel desk retailed in the US, with a niello brass mounted burlwood exterior with two pietra dura panels with flower decoration, featuring a fall front which opens to a kingwood interior and a gilt tooled velvet writing surface, which further opens to a satinwood compartment, below a cylinder flip top which opens to a silk lined interior over a fitted compartment with two inkwells, a velvet writing implement holder which contains a mother of pearl letter opener / pen knife and a mechanical pencil, and other storage compartments. Labeled for G. Betjemann & Sons (London), Bailey & Co. (Philadelphia), and S. Mordan & Co. (London). No key; the writing surface is split; shrinkage cracks and minor repairs to the veneer. 7.5"h x 14"w x 10.75"d