Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope miniature saw with the most notable chips

with the most notable  chips on one side of one handle

perhaps once part of a set of fireplace tools

This terrific vintage one

really a wonderful piece

I think this is especially great hung on the wall with small nails in a few places at different heights so that it slinks across the wall a bit

Lovely, and Useful, Antique Writing Box / Writing Slope miniature saw with the most notable chipsI first picked up this box (on a recent real world antiquing exhibition) just for its lovely exterior, but was happy to open it to discover it's a writing box, with a nice red velvet covered writing slope inside, which lifts to reveal compartments beneath it on either side, and a little drawer with recesses at bottom, too. I'd never actually sat down and used one of these before, but in fact is it both super useful and quite a pleasure, and in absence