Traveling should never get in the way of writing, creating or corresponding with those dear to us.  In fact, it is the most important time to journal and communicate! It can be done while toting this intricately woven straw case that holds several necessary desk items.  A letter/stationery box in red leather, an inkwell mounted on a carved bone base, a metal tip pen, a leather-bound paper pad, a letter opener and a wax seal stamp with bone handle. There is an additional metal tipped tool with carved handle.  Under the lid, there are crossed ribbons almost covering the original label, that can hold the flat items and the rest can reside in the cavity of the case.  

A musical instrument always enriches the right display, such as this antique, small French harp. The classical piece is made of gold painted, carved wood, mounted on a velvet covered wood base, and the strings are wire.  There is a small area of gold paint loss on one inner side of the harp at mid-height.

A highly detailed item that was probably the presentation box for a treasure or a fancy sweet, this purse-shaped container can serve as a perfect accessory for a lucky fashion doll. The outside is covered in a woven fine wood or staw, the inside is white textured cardboard with a lace doily trim around the inner edges.  The hardware is metal and the handles are of a fine cord.   2 1/8" L,  1 1/2" W,  1 1/4 T,

Although lovingly played with, this antique box retains its original set of Victorian era wood block puzzles, each of six sides having a different illustration to solve and arrange in order. The theme is children together and at play and in all, there are six puzzles.  While the six-sided blocks with paper illustrations are in good condition, the box itself has lost some of the wood frame that guides the sliding wood cover and two of the blocks have holes punched through just one image side..