A Grandeur Collection of Outstanding Antiques & Personal Property!
A treasure trove of heavily carved, ornate antiques & collectibles that will transport you to a bygone era!
A 10% Buyer's Premium will be added to the final Sales Price. All applicable taxes will be assessed based on the sum of the sales price and buyer's premium.
Ornate Captains Desk; CVF. This is a two-piece heavy desk set; the top portion of the desk features a turned brass spindle rail above in black and gold. There is a door on the left that opens to reveal the 16 map compartments and one larger shelf for documents. The inside of the door panel a detailed colorful painted scene of a lighthouse surrounded by rough sea with ships in the background, in brilliant gold, red, yellow, blue, white, pink, green colors with black low lights. There are also engraved borders and scrolls accenting the wood on top along with gold accents. The top center portion has a roll up compartment with six document trays, two pull out trays above and below with knob handles. The tray below offers an antique elaborate carved wooden and metal ink well set with pen rests. There are brass nautical pulls in the shape of cleats on the left and right of the center. The Interior and compartments are painted sky blue; there are two tower columns on each side of desk with gold paint inlays geometric designs, scroll work, foliage fleur-de-lis decorations throughout and hand painted floral design in yellow green, red and blue. The top right hand side offers a door that opens to four large compartments with a panel that is painted with a detailed colorful scene of beautiful sail ships at sea. The left and right side of the desk feature two gold frame panels one on each side with lovely floral scenes in vivid colors. There are two smaller top drawers that have ornate brass swing handles and key hole. The top portion is signed in pencil Jas Wilson Carr Detroit MI, 1879, rumor has it this desk was used on a ship at one point on the Detroit River many years ago and was removed from the vessel. The bottom portion of the desk is a newer piece we paired to hold 54.5”x30.5”x37.75” Top Desk Approx. Measurements 33.5 tall to final 52.5 wide 16.5 Deep. Condition: Good for the age, there are marks, scuffs nicks, wear to the finish as you would expect with age and some wear to the paint, small area of wood is split on left door, there are scratches scuffs missing a wooden knob on one door, it appears to be in the original condition including the joints and finish we have not touched the piece.. Ink Well h a small” Chip to rim, lid is missing on cork stopper, smaller ink well is chipped, missing 1/3 of glass rim (hand painted) One Quill Pen Holders is broken and part is missing.
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A Grandeur Collection of Outstanding Antiques & Personal Property!
Heavily Carved, Ornate Antiques - Oil Paintings - Rugs - Glassware - Clocks - Primitives - Upholstery Equipment & More!
BID NOW THROUGH JANUARY 11, 2024. LOTS BEGIN ENDING AT 6:30 PM.
PICKUP WILL BE ON JANUARY 12, 2024, BY APPOINTMENT ONLY!!
LOCATED AT: 2653 E US 30, Warsaw IN 46580
A 10% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THE WINNING INVOICE! SHIPPING AVAILABLE ON SMALL LOTS! Items not picked up during the scheduled load-out times will be charged a $10.00 convenience fee (per invoice) for delayed pickup. Items not picked up within 5 days will be considered forfeited.
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Warsaw, Indiana 46580
United States