An Unusual 19thC Painted Pine Desk c.1830-50 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The late nineteenth century wild

The late nineteenth century wild boar (Sus scrofa cristatus) tusks hunted in Ceylon in 1886 and later mounted in the Edwardian period in silver and hallmarked for Horton & Allday

with an older owner

and that makes this chap rather desirable

and one to the folding panel

are a recognised motif or subgenre of East Asian painting

An Unusual 19thC Painted Pine Desk c.1830-50 sub-Furniture- Boxes & Luggage The late nineteenth century wildOrigin: EnglishPeriod: William IV Early VictorianProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1830 50Width: 34. 75Height: 29 at gallery back 24 from floor to underside of topDepth: 20The pine carcass showing the wonderful original very dark brown stain or paint, worn thoroughly and consistently with age, with a beautifully worn top having a shaped gallery back with unusual rolled flanks, over a single drawer with original knob handles, the whole raised on square