18TH CENTURY U.S. NAVY CAPTAIN BOSTON LAP DESK

18th Century wood portable writing lap desk. Label on top reads: John Manly Captain U.S. Navy Boston, Mass 1779. Wood slats inside loose. Measures 20" x 11.5" wide 6.5" tall.

An 18th century lap desk with brass trim and fitted interior on a stand. The lap desk on stand measures 21 tall X 20.5" across X 10.5" deep. Lap desk alone measures 6.5" tall X 20" long X 10" deep.

18th c. Boston mahogany kneehole desk. Branded "A.L. Gates" on bottom of top drawer. 37 1/2" x 21 1/2" x 36 3/4".

A dovetailed top, slant lid with very good interior hollow shell carved center drawers flanked with document drawers and step down drawers, above four graduated drawers on claw and ball feet. 35.5&rdq

RARE 18TH C PORTSMOUTH, NH CAPTAINS DESK, DROP DOWN FRONT REVALING A WRITINIG SURFACE AND A BANK OF DRAWER, BIRCH PLUMES EXHIBITED ON THE FRONT DRAWERS, CHERRY WOOD, FIGURAL BIRCH, 32 X 21 X 30

Walnut cradle, 18th c., green potty chair, lap desk and a display case (glass cracked). Cradle: 26"h x 26"w x 46"d

18th century Boston Chippendale slant-lid desk.

18th Century Boston Chippendale mahogany slant lid serpentine desk with ball and claw feet.. Measures 44"H x 42"W x 21.5"D. Purchased from an antique dealer in the early 2000's for $6,000.

An English Oak Lap Desk 17th/18th Century Height 9 x width 25 x depth 22 inches.

George III brass mounted oak writing/lap desk, late 18th century, on later stand. Desk: 7" H x 22" W x 10" D; Total Height 19.25". Lacking writing slope.

18TH C OXBOW SLANT FRONT DESK, BOSTON, CIRCA 1760, WALNUT, ORIGINAL BRACKET BASE, NICE STEPPED INTERIOR, 38 X 46 X 29

George III Inlaid Marquetry Mahogany Lap Desk Box Late 18th century The tambour front opening to an interior fitted for writing. Length 10 1/2 inches (26.7cm). C The Estate of Sara Roosevelt Wilford

PROVENANCE: From The Collections of Mike and Annie Gaither, US Navy 1959-1982. With a sense of duty for his country Mike joined the US Navy in 1959 the idea was to see the world and obtain an educatio

PROVENANCE: From The Collections of Mike and Annie Gaither, US Navy 1959-1982. With a sense of duty for his country Mike joined the US Navy in 1959 the idea was to see the world and obtain an educatio

Fine 19th century leather-wrapped brass captain's telescope signed ELLIOTT BROS. LONDON, US NAVY. Single draw 34 in long extended

This is a Queens Ware replica of an 18th century Wedgwood Monteith, a large punch bowl with a scalloped rim to hold the foot of the punch glasses. The interior is inscribed with the names of the origi

English or Continental, 18th C. or later, together with an inlaid slant-top miniature lap desk, 2 pieces total Some wear, losses to paint. 8-1/2"h x 16-1/2"w x 11"d and 9"h x 13-1/4"w x 11"d

1789 Royal Navy Voyages Captain Cook Pacific Ocean Hawaii 8v SET Byron Wallis Carteret John Hawkesworth’s ‘Relation de Voyages’ was an exceptional 18th-century collection of sketches of importan

1773 1st US ed BOSTON Burn Justice of the Peace English LAW America Government Richard Burn was an 18th-century English lawyer and writer best known for his book Justice of the Peace and Parish Office

18th c. Solid Mahogany Chippendale Reverse Serpentine Front Desk, Massachusetts, circa 1760-1780, with thumb molded hinged lid over fitted interior having block and shell carved small drawers flanking

Late 18th or early 19th century, Copper engraving, hand colored aquatint, All GUmo Sig. Caval. Angelo Guillichini. Navy warship with Captain Vassello in command at the Marina Di Guerra, along with mer

18th c footed silver repousse overlay desk box wood and silver layer = rare example desk box- some silver overlay is lifting slightly as shown. About 11 1/4 x 7 1/2 x 4 1/4 inches.

A U.S. NAVY "MARK V" DIVING HELMET, 20TH CENTURY, of copper and brass, the brass plaque in relief marked "U.S. Navy Diving Helmet, Mark V, Morse Diving Equipment Co., Boston, Mass," on custom wooden b

Antique brass Buff & Buff Mfg. Co sextant in mahogany box. c.1900's. Brass sextant signed Buff & Buff Mfg Co Boston US 13160 made in the beginning of the XX century, complete with lenses and compass p