Mahogany veneered portable writing desk (cracks and accidents) with gilded brass corners, brackets, keyhole and central escutcheon engraved G. Opie, September 20th 1879, revealing a folding writing tablet, sheathed in brown morocco and decorated with petit fers, two inkwells, a pen tray and compartments. England, 19th century. Height 19 cm - Width: 50 cm - Depth: 26 cm (closed)