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A Quality Walnut Writing Slope with Stationery Compartments, Secret Drawers Etc.
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A Quality Walnut Writing Slope with Stationery Compartments, Secret Drawers Etc.

19th century
Sold 14 April 2025 · John Hubbard Antiques
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A fine quality Victorian burr walnut writing slope. Brass corners and brass bound with vacant brass engraving plate and matching escutcheon. Working lock and key, opening to reveal a coromandel interir with brass corner re-inforcers, tooled black skiver, pair of inkwells, pen tray, lidded compartment and nib tray with various stationery compartments.

Beneath the top writing board opens to a concealed panel behind which is a bank of three secret drawers.

Size: 18" (45.4cm) wide x 10.1/2" (26.7cm) deep x 7.1/2" (19cm) high

Stock no: 4872

Dealers note. Wonderful condition and very suitable as a gift for someone special. Postage and package to mainland UK just £15. Overseas quotes by request.

Date of Manufacture

John Hubbard Antiques has dated this Antique Walnut Writing Slope to the Victorian era.

Physical Dimensions
Height
19cm (7.48")
Width
45.4cm (17.87")
Depth
26.7cm (10.51")
Reference Numbers
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SA1110171
Dealers Internal Reference
4872
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A fine quality Victorian burr walnut writing slope. Brass corners and brass bound with vacant brass engraving plate and matching escutcheon. Working lock and key, opening to reveal a coromandel interir with brass corner re-inforcers, tooled black skiver, pair of inkwells, pen tray, lidded compartment and nib tray with various stationery compartments.
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Beneath the top writing board opens to a concealed panel behind which is a bank of three secret drawers.
John Hubbard Antiques
fig 1. A rectangular burr walnut writing slope featuring inlaid brass strapping, corner reinforcements, and a central brass escutcheon with a key.
fig 1. A Quality Walnut Writing Slope with Stationery Compartments, Secret Drawers Etc.

Size: 18" (45.4cm) wide x 10.1/2" (26.7cm) deep x 7.1/2" (19cm) high

Stock no: 4872

Dealers note. Wonderful condition and very suitable as a gift for someone special. Postage and package to mainland UK just £15. Overseas quotes by request.

Date of Manufacture

John Hubbard Antiques has dated this Antique Walnut Writing Slope to the Victorian era.

Height
19cm (7.48")
Width
45.4cm (17.87")
Depth
26.7cm (10.51")
Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA1110171
Dealers Internal Ref
4872
John Hubbard Antiques
John Hubbard Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Sep 2014
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Archive I A rectangular burr walnut writing slope featuring inlaid brass strapping, corner reinforcements, and a central brass escutcheon with a key. SOLD6+ MONTHS AGO

A Quality Walnut Writing Slope with Stationery Compartments, Secret Drawers Etc.

Archive II A rectangular burr walnut writing slope featuring inlaid brass strapping, corner reinforcements, and a central brass escutcheon with a key. View II
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Blakedown
Worcestershire
DY10 3JE
United Kingdom
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A rectangular burr walnut writing slope featuring inlaid brass strapping, corner reinforcements, and a central brass escutcheon with a key.
A quality walnut writing slope with stationery compartments, secret drawers etc.
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Cataloguer’s note

Written by Sellingantiques from the dealer’s photographs and listing
  • ObjectWriting Slopes
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialWalnut, Burr Walnut, Brass
  • ColourWarm Brown
  • MotifsBurr walnut veneer, Brass strapping, Corner brackets, Key escutcheon
  • SizeH 19 cm (7 in) x W 45.4 cm (18 in) x D 26.7 cm (11 in)

FAQs

Writing slopes became widely popular during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries as portable desks that allowed travellers and professionals to write correspondence cleanly while away from a fixed desk.

They were typically constructed from solid hardwoods such as mahogany, walnut, or rosewood, frequently enhanced with decorative veneers like burr walnut and reinforced with brass straps and corner brackets.

Authenticity is generally determined by examining the interior construction, hand-cut dovetails, traditional screw types, timber shrinkage patterns, and the presence of genuine age-related wear rather than artificial distress.

Such pieces can be displayed closed on a console table, sideboard, or desk as a decorative focal point while simultaneously offering functional storage for modern stationery or keepsakes.

Maintenance involves keeping the timber away from direct sunlight and heat sources to prevent veneer cracking, and occasionally applying traditional microcrystalline wax to nourish the polished surface.
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