Nice Old Portable Lap Desk / Writing Box mechanical polar bear Pages are glossy white

Pages are glossy white

I picked the book

The piece is signed on the bottom with what looks to say "Burke 92" but could be "Byrke"

so can stand taller or squatter depending

have a long tradition of creating pottery and textiles with patterns that reflect their spiritual beliefs

Nice Old Portable Lap Desk / Writing Box mechanical polar bear Pages are glossy whiteI find these old lap desks such satisfying things, with compartments underneath the velvet covered writing slope in which one might keep writing paper as well as tuck a stack of correspondence received, and then a few pens under the lid with handle at one end all ready to take anywhere. Makes me want to write old fashioned letters. Or maybe just to throw all of ones bills inside! This one no longer locks, so maybe best not to keep secret love letters