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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nathan Lindop, post: 344879, member: 5285&quot;]Bought this over a year ago from an auction cheaply. Thought it was really odd and interesting.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is a smoking desk/table set made up of an ashtray, a box for cigarettes and a match holder/ striker, there is also a section for placing the top of the cigarette holder. The whole piece is made of amateur Marquetry which shows in the damage, the sides have split since I’ve owned it, likely because of the glue and size of pieces.</p><p><br /></p><p>The base reads :</p><p>“Worked on river Sence Weir, at Coalfield Farm”</p><p>“Camped at Garenden, Nr Loughborough”</p><p>“Made by German Prisoners of War 1940/45”</p><p>“Heather (Nov. 1947)”</p><p><br /></p><p>I assume heather is the person who wrote this two years after the war.</p><p><br /></p><p>Any info appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]116388[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]116393[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]116389[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]116390[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]116391[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]116392[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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