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restorer's vintage writing box / lap desk with brass capped corner, unengraved cartouche, original inkwells with lids,

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Lot Details

1885 prize presentation label from Albany Street Public School Dunedin. Age wear, borer holes, lifting veneer, damage to fabric etc.

restorer's vintage writing box / lap desk with brass capped corner, unengraved cartouche, original inkwells with lids, Image 1++
restorer's vintage writing box / lap desk with brass capped corner, unengraved cartouche, original inkwells with lids, Image 1++
restorer's vintage writing box / lap desk with brass capped corner, unengraved cartouche, original inkwells with lids, Image 1++
restorer's vintage writing box / lap desk with brass capped corner, unengraved cartouche, original inkwells with lids, Image 1++
restorer's vintage writing box / lap desk with brass capped corner, unengraved cartouche, original inkwells with lids, Image 1++
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