Desk English, 19th century: casket-form tea caddy with paneled top and platform base, bun feet, lion's head and ring handles at sides, paper-lined interior, 9 x 16 x 9-1/4 in., [lacking interior fittings, modern paper lining, nicks to one corner;] finely inlaid walnut and satinwood tea caddy with mother-of-pearl inlay, checkerboard top with diamond center and ebonized and satinwood surround, two interior compartments, mother-of-pearl pulls, mother-of-pearl escutcheon, 5-1/2 x 9 x 5 in., [minor loss to one corner at base, minor scratches, interior with traces of foil;] burl walnut and rosewood lady's lap desk with mother-of-pearl and brass inlays, lift top, interior with multiple compartments, lower section with tooled leather writing surface and two inkwells, nameplate monogrammed "WMN 1871", 4 x 12-1/4 x 10 in., [lacking interior pen slide, leather writing surface lifting at one end, minor dents to brass trim at front and loss at one corner, one brass molding strip loose]; casket form tea caddy with small losses to top element at edges, small losses to surface; one caddy with reattached mother-of-pearl knob, small losses to surface; lap desk with minor dents to brass trim, loss to corner of bottom edge. Provenance: Private Estate, Charlotte, North Carolina