A Quality Victorian Ebonised and Marquetry Inlaid Davenport sub-Antiques the castor oil plant was

the castor oil plant was known as Palma Christi

were masters of the more refined portrait

The outer borders of dogtooth design

literally means "writing with fire" and is the traditional art of using a heated tip or poker to burn or scorch designs onto natural materials such as wood in this instance

An impressive carapace

A Quality Victorian Ebonised and Marquetry Inlaid Davenport sub-Antiques the castor oil plant wasOrigin: English Period: Victorian Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1870 Height: 32 inches Width: 21 inches Depth: 21 inches With a lidded stationary box, fitted with compartments in boxwood for papers, wax, inkwells, and a pen tray, above a hinged writing slope, inset with a gilt tooled leather writing surface, flanked by amboyna and satinwood marquetry inlaid panels. The slope opens to a strikingly blond satinwood interior, offering storage for important