English Brass-Mounted Macassar LADY's Lap Desk, of small proportion, c. 1860-1865, the interior elaborately fitted for papers and pens and retaining the period Parkins and Gotto, London, glass ink bottles, period "Phoenician purple" embossed velvet writing surface, h. 3-1/8in w. 10- 1/2in, d. 8-1/4in See Illustration