English Victorian walnut writing slope/ travel desk, late 19th c., slope-front case with pierced and studded brass mounts, central hand-painted porcelain plaque of Cupid sharpening his arrow after Anton Raphael Mengs (German, 1728-1779), opening to blue velvet writing surface with Greek key pattern, gilt embossed leather trim, two covered compartments, pen and ink receptacles, retaining one glass inkwell with gilt-metal lid marked Patent London, over lower open storage, approx 4.25"h, 12"w, 10"d, 4.75lbs

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