This rugged set  Comprises of the two pieces one being the stationary box and the desk pad . All the skins on the two pieces are well matched, on lifting the lid of the box it reveals the Sections for letters and papers . The desk pad when opened   would have contained Blotting paper it has a makers mark on the box leading edge for Thornhill & Co London

Blotter W 10 1/2” x L 13” x D 1 1/4”
Box W 10” x H 8” x D 6”

First trading in 1859 under a company name of  Farthing & Thornhill  42 Cornhill, London.

By 1875 this changed to Walter Thornhill & Co, & incorporate his son, Hubert Thornhill, and friend Albert Barker. Their premises expanded to 145 New Bond Street in 1878. Albert Barker left the business in 1885, and by 1895, it became a limited liability company, opening a new premises at 9 High Street, Kensington, London.
Though the business was wound up in 1905, it remained trading under the name of W. Thornhill & Co. until 1912.