You could try water and GENTLE brushing/scrubbing, but on fabric that old, using any kind of abrasion or friction sounds kind of dangerous....
I'd suggest starting with that big brown streak across the middle, and work outwards from there. Basically - spray some water across the stain,...
Thanks CC. Yeah, pretty standard lap-desk or writing-slope/box. Design looks older than most I've seen. The kind with the fold-down single leaf...
It's supposed to be for the gravy and such.
Indecisions, more like. I wouldn't trust him to decide that water is wet.
My local flea-market is closed until further notice. My local auction-house is running...for now. Dunno how much longer. I've been selling a...
Doesn't look dark enough to be mahogany? Teak maybe, but I'm not an expert on wood-types.
I have seen writing cases and campaign desks which did come with square/rectangular-based stands, but that's not what I'm seeing here. A friend of...
It's exactly what it sounds like. From about 1900, give or take. Used to clean the ink off of your pen-nibs. [ATTACH]
Fountain pens are more highly regarded because it actually takes skill to use one, care for one, and make one. A ballpoint pen is a throwaway...
[IMG] My British coin-collection. All sterling silver coins are represented, apart from the Florin. L-R: 3d, 4d, 6d, 1/-, Half-Crown, Crown....
Not likely! I still want to buy the blotter that goes along with it!! Looks like this: [IMG]
As I understand it, the inkwell was part of a four-piece matching set. The set included the inkwell, a pen stand, rocker-blotter, and...
Me being artsy! For scale comparison, the pen is the MB149. [ATTACH]
I use all my MB pens. They're hard enough to buy - I might as well.
It looks great sitting on my desk (my desk is black, so it matches the gold and black look of the inkwell). The inkwell has a matching...
My wallet is not on speaking terms with me at the moment, due to the trauma to which I had exposed it. I'd been after one of these Montblanc...
It really depends on where you live. Where I'm at, these things go for a freaking FORTUNE ($600+ retail is not uncommon). So $100 would be a...
Oh that is interesting! I'd say early-Mid Victorian, maybe 1840s - 1860s/70s. In my experience, boxes which are later (1860s onwards) tend to...
^^ What OBB said ^^
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