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A LATE VICTORIAN MAHOGANY WRITING DESK
The rectangular top with galleried moulding, fitted for stationery and inkwells, the rectangular hinged fall-flap with leather inset writing surface, enclosing a plain interior, on ornate foliate carved and scrolled supports flanking a central arch, on stepped plinth bases, containing a letter reading This desk was a prized possession of my grandfather, Sir Archibald McInnes Shaw who was Lord Provost from 1908-1911. According to my mother he used it for signing documents in City Chambers. Otherwise it sat in his study at Dunard, 5 Sydenham Road, G12, and later in Ballochmyle, Ayrshire. My grandmother kept it in her possession until her death at 100 Kelvin Court, Great Western Road, when it was sent down to my mother in England, where it remained until I brought it back to Glasgow in 1997. D. McInnes Begg
The rectangular top with galleried moulding, fitted for stationery and inkwells, the rectangular hinged fall-flap with leather inset writing surface, enclosing a plain interior, on ornate foliate carved and scrolled supports flanking a central arch, on stepped plinth bases, containing a letter reading This desk was a prized possession of my grandfather, Sir Archibald McInnes Shaw who was Lord Provost from 1908-1911. According to my mother he used it for signing documents in City Chambers. Otherwise it sat in his study at Dunard, 5 Sydenham Road, G12, and later in Ballochmyle, Ayrshire. My grandmother kept it in her possession until her death at 100 Kelvin Court, Great Western Road, when it was sent down to my mother in England, where it remained until I brought it back to Glasgow in 1997. D. McInnes Begg