A Victorian Walnut Desktop Letterbox

Waterlow and Sons Manufacturers, London, two slant front doors open to a divided interior for postage, the inlaid maker's mark below ebonized pen tray, flanked by two glass inkwells, the upper area with elliptical inlaid labels for Accounts, Receipts, Postage, Matches, Answered, Unanswered, the upper interior with removable date and timepiece basket, includes paper date placards, over a locking lower storage drawer with molded base.

14 5/8 x 14 1/4 x 10 in.

Private Collection, Greensboro, North Carolina

Some scattered scratches; shrinkage cracks; some staining to interior, lower drawer stuck.