An early Victorian burr-walnut, rosewood and bone-inlaid davenport, the sliding hinged writing slope enclosing a fitted interior with two short and one long drawer, the base fitted with three long drawers, each with recessed brass loop handle, one side with blue velvet-lined pull-out slide, the other with spring-action pen tray above a further blue velvet-lined pull-out slide with reconstituted horn handles, on turned reeded supports, 24½in. (62cm) wide