Captain’s Mahogany Campaign Chest with Desk
rectangular campaign chest in figured mahogany with ebonized moldings, lock plate stamped “UNWIN FINE STEEL” beneath a crowned VR cypher (for Queen Victoria), along with central drawer bearing a scrimshawed nameplate, fitted with brass recessed campaign pulls and brass side-carry handles, upper central drawer opens to reveal a fall-front writing surface lined in green baize, with interior compartments behind, additional small drawers flank the writing drawer, over two long drawers and a full-width lower drawer, raised on turned feet, a well-constructed and richly patinated example of late 19th-century campaign furniture
height 49 inches, width 44 inches, depth 21 inches
Estimate: $1000 - $2000