LATE 1700's ENGLISH FEDERAL YELLOW PINE FIELD OR SHIPS SLANT TOP DESK

ENGLISH FEDERAL YELLOW PINE

SHIP'S OR FIELD DESK CIRCA LATE 1700's

FOUND BEAUFORT SOUTH CAROLINA

OFFERED IS THIS FINE EARLY ENGLISH FEDERAL SHIP'S OR MILITARY FIELD SLANT TOP DESK WITH ITS WAXED YELLOW PINE WITH LARGE FEDERAL DOVED TAIL CONSTRUCTION.....THIS DESK IS TYPICAL OF EARLY FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION...USED BOTH SHIP BOARD AND IN FIELD USE....NOTE ITS CABINET MAKERS MARKS FOR MANUFACTURING ITS DOVE TAILS TYPICAL OF EARLY FEDERAL PERIOD CONSTURUCTION....ITS MAKERS MARKED CONSTRUCTION DEMENSION NOTES ON THE INSIDE OF ITS SLANT TOP LID......MOST LIKELY USED UP TO THE EARLY 1900's THEN PASSED ON, AS A VERY EARLY 1900's ADVERTISING PAINT LABLE FROM AROUND 1906 IS STILL AFFIXED ON THE UNDER SIDE.....ALSO MARKED FOR THE ELSAN MFGR'N COMPANY 51 CLAPHAM ROAD LONDON SW9....THIS COMPANY STARTED IN THE CHEMICAL BUSINESS IN THE EARLY 1920's.....THE DESK MEASURES APPROX 24 IN BY 22 IN BY 10 1/2 ON THE HI END AND 6 1/2 ON THE LOW END....ITS LID STILL HAS IT'S HAND FORGED STEEL LOCK LATCH, ITS KEY, AND LOCK LONG GONE ON ITS BASE AS SHOWN.....

GREAT ADDITION TO YOUR COLLECTION OR HOME DECORE.....BUYER TO PAY S/H, GOOD LUCK...