A miniature folk art handmade replica of Mark Twain's lift top desk used when he was a reporter, complete with faux leather carved wooden books with painted paper covers, tiny papers inserted into cubby holes, and a tiny feather pen included in one of the drawers - see the paper attached to the backboard of the desk for further information, as it was a gift from one brother to the other. It measures 10 1/2" x 5 3/4" (the rectangular wooden base) x 10 1/2"H. According to scratched signature on reverse, the desk was made in 1954. Missing one drawer pull, otherwise it is in very good condition.