Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope miniature saw 14" tall x 10" wide

14" tall x 10" wide

homely pair

on the front below a few white paint strokes (I am not entirely sure whether these are meant to detail its tail

dinner table or bedside table filled with winter greens and berries

and those wonderful little wings

Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope miniature saw 14" tall x 10" wideI first picked up this box (on a recent real world antiquing exhibition) just for its lovely exterior, but was happy to open it to discover it's a writing box, with a nice red velvet covered writing slope inside, which lifts to reveal compartments beneath it on either side, and a little drawer with recesses at bottom, too. I'd never actually sat down and used one of these before, but in fact is it both super useful and quite a pleasure, and in absence