A large Victorian Gothic oak pedestal desk, by Howard & Sons, in the manner of Charles Eastlake, the superstructure with a central section having six trefoil arched pigeonholes above a pair of drawers and a pen recess, flanked by hinged hutches with stationery compartments, the leather lined top on pedestals with five graduated drawers and strut panelled cupboards to the sides, with enamel label to drawer, 'Howard & Sons Manufacturers 25, 26, 27 Berners St, London, W', height 150 cm, width 185 cm, depth 93 cm. Provenance: Christie's Australia, the collection of John Schaeffer at Rona, 15-16 May, 2004, lot 299. Purchased from the above