A rare, beautiful antique English Victorian mahogany davenport desk, circa 1870. The rectangular top piece features gallery rails and beveled edges overhangs, a scalloped frieze above five aligned storage compartments over six side by side, petite drawers. This portion of the desk slides into the unit with the use of a large slab of British slate hidden inside as the counterweight. A slanted panel desk top with green leather inlay slides open to an interior storage space. The lower base features a lovely flame veneered front panel flanked by sloping stiles terminating in scroll embellishments. The right and left panels feature four stacked drawers three to the right slide open, the others being purely decorative with turned knob handles. The piece rests on four casters and bears a worn British Antique Dealers Association sticker certifying that this piece was 100+ years old when imported from the UK in 1972. Measuring 46" H (with the top down 36") x 24" D x 25" W this rarity is in excellent antique condition with some faint scuffs and marks throughout, age cracking and loss to the veneer around the bottom edges