Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope match striker the cap in his hand

the cap in his hand

the other by the sea

and it remains quite a useful stand for holding and displaying all sorts of little small things

Substantial in size and presence

Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope match striker the cap in his handI 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