Fine & Rare English Turnbridge Ware Writing Desk & Sewing Table Commissioned for Queen Victoria as a young princess. Inventory stamp B.P. / V.R. 1866 (Buckingham Palace / Victoria Regina). Brass paw feet and exotic marquetry. The table has approximately 80 different woods including coromandel, amboyna, purpleheart, and several now extinct varieties. Ht. 32 1/2" W 24" D 19" Originally in Buckingham Palace, London. Sold 1985 at Bonhams in London, by an English Buyer. Purchased by M. S. Rau Antiques, New Orleans, Louisiana. From the collection of Dr. Ronald and Krista Reed, of Reed Eye Associates, Rochester, New York.