What is the difference between a writing slope and a writing box?

A slope has a hinged lid that opens out into a sloping writing surface, leather or velvet lined, with inkwells and pen trays inside. That is the form named in 575 titles. Writing box is used more broadly on Sellingantiques. It takes in flat-lidded correspondence boxes and desk-standing stationery boxes and cabinets, which hold paper and letters rather than folding out for use on the knees.

Which woods are most common?

Walnut leads, named in 252 titles, with burr walnut in around a hundred and figured walnut in another thirty. Rosewood, mahogany and coromandel follow. Earlier Georgian and Regency boxes lean towards mahogany and rosewood. Oak turns up at both ends of the range: in 17th-century desk and Bible boxes, and in plainer later work.

What makes a box a campaign writing slope?

Campaign means made for military or travelling use. In practice that shows as brass straps over the edges and corners, flush handles that sit level with the sides, and a sturdy build. Campaign appears in 139 titles and brass bound in 138, which puts this group at roughly one in eight of the category. Military and travelling turn up in smaller numbers alongside.

Do writing boxes have secret compartments?

Fifty-three titles name secret drawers outright, and secret in some form appears in sixty-one. The usual arrangement is a drawer or compartment released from within the interior once the slope is open. Concealed work sits with other upper-range fittings. Named locks are called out in several titles, and candle sconces or candlesticks in a few more.

How accurate are the dates given in listings?

Treat them as brackets. Victorian and a plain 19th Century between them outweigh every decade, and only 274 of 738 sold listings carry a clean year. Titles are often more precise than the dated field. Several William IV and George III boxes are filed simply as Victorian, Regency or Georgian. The range as a whole runs 1700 to 1920.

Are there Asian or colonial examples?

Yes, as a small steady tail. Indian, Anglo-Indian and colonial boxes appear in modest numbers, including vizagapatam sandalwood and a porcupine-quill and ebony box. Japanese lacquer suzuribako turn up in a handful of listings, and single pieces include a Chinese huanghuali box and a Sri Lankan ebony one. Among 995 listings, these are the origins that appear once or twice rather than by the dozen.

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A portable wooden box whose hinged lid opens into a sloping, usually leather-lined writing surface, fitted with inkwells, pen trays and compartments for paper, made for writing away from a fixed desk.

Victorian Walnut Brass Bound Stationery Box C 1880 28cm in Excellent Condition

19th century

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Victorian Walnut Brass Bound Stationery Box C 1880 28cm in Excellent Condition

From Robert Bush Antiques

£295

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18th century

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18th Century Oak Bible Box with Carved Frieze and Three Internal Drawers

From Y Not Antiques

£325

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19th century

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19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Desk Top Writing Slope

From Debenham Antiques Ltd

£1,095

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Regency Rosewood and Brass Bound Writing Box 36cm C 1830

19th century

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Regency Rosewood and Brass Bound Writing Box 36cm C 1830

From Robert Bush Antiques

£495

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Victorian Walnut and Brass Bound Writing Slope with Bramah Lock, Key and Secret Drawers

19th century

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Victorian Walnut and Brass Bound Writing Slope with Bramah Lock, Key and Secret Drawers

From John Hubbard Antiques

£995

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19th century

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Coromandel Writing Slope

From Sovereign Antiques Of Nuneaton

£795

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A Wonderful Coromandel Drop Front Stationery Cabinet

19th century

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A Wonderful Coromandel Drop Front Stationery Cabinet

From The Dorking Desk Shop

£925

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Victorian Burr Walnut Parquetry Writing Slope

19th century

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Victorian Burr Walnut Parquetry Writing Slope

From Past to Present

£245

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19th century

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Victorian Walnut Writing Slope

From Sinclairs Antiques and Interiors

£250

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Antique Regency Campaign Writing Slope Brass Mounts Circa 1820 19th C

19th century

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Antique Regency Campaign Writing Slope Brass Mounts Circa 1820 19th C

From Regent Antiques

£675

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The most expensive writing box ever sold on Sellingantiques was a grand large English papier mache table cabinet of about 1860, sold in September 2016.

19th century

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Victorian Walnut Writing Box.1870.

From Cavers Antiques

£295

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19th century

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19th-century Anglo-indian Ebony Writing Box with Reeded Decoration

From Colton Antiques

£860

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19th century

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Victorian Campaign Camphor Writing Box

From Carse Antiques

£695

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17th century

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17th Century Carved Oak Bible Box with Demi-lune Front Panel.

From The Collector Antiques

£585

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19th century

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19th Century Rosewood Dressing/jewellery Box

From FB Antiques

£375

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Antique Verger's Bible Box, English, Oak, Carved, Ecclesiastical, William III

18th century

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Antique Verger's Bible Box, English, Oak, Carved, Ecclesiastical, William III

From London Fine Antiques

£3,950

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Antique Writing Boxes

Victorian Walnut Brass Bound Stationery Box C 1880 28cm in Excellent Condition

18th Century Oak Bible Box with Carved Frieze and Three Internal Drawers

19th Century Victorian Burr Walnut Desk Top Writing Slope

Regency Rosewood and Brass Bound Writing Box 36cm C 1830

Victorian Walnut and Brass Bound Writing Slope with Bramah Lock, Key and Secret Drawers

Coromandel Writing Slope

A Wonderful Coromandel Drop Front Stationery Cabinet

Victorian Burr Walnut Parquetry Writing Slope

Victorian Walnut Writing Slope

Antique Regency Campaign Writing Slope Brass Mounts Circa 1820 19th C

Victorian Walnut Writing Box.1870.

19th-century Anglo-indian Ebony Writing Box with Reeded Decoration

Victorian Campaign Camphor Writing Box

17th Century Carved Oak Bible Box with Demi-lune Front Panel.

19th Century Rosewood Dressing/jewellery Box

Antique Verger's Bible Box, English, Oak, Carved, Ecclesiastical, William III

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