British/Continental, 19th century, oak box with brass mounts, drawer and lid slide together revealing compartments, ashtray and match strike, with key, 6 x 11-1/2 x 7 in., tarnish to ashtray and general wear as expected with age and use; fruit wood lap desk with foliate inlay and interior with visible and hidden compartments, on later stand, 5-1/2 x 15-1/2 x 11 in. , wood split on bottom, smaller splits on top and interior compartments, some loss to inlay, lacking some interior components, losses to ribbon pulls