An English hand painted ship captain's desk, probably early to mid 20th century all bench made including hand dovetailed drawers. The desk with a tooled green leather top, gold and red pin striping and gold scrolls in corners on green ground, over a center drawer marked "PERSONAL EFFECTS" flanked by 2 drawers marked "No. 1 Reports" and "No. 3 orders - all drawers with yellow lettering and scrolls in corners and pin striping on green ground. All 3 drawers with inset brass pulls. The sides of desk marked "CAPTAIN FINCH". The desk rests on 2 removable folding stands, all in matching green paint with pin striping. The desk unit on stand measures 60"W x 30"D x 29 1/4"H. Note the legs are scissor jointed and made to fold for easy transportation. The leather top with use wear and losses, the remaining wood areas of the desk in very good condition and the desk sits very firm with no movement - see photos that shows the slots along the bottom edge of top that the pointed ends of the stands fits into (one image shows the pointed edge adjacent to the slot.