DESCRIPTION: ANTIQUE WRITING SLOPE.

A QUALITY ROSEWOOD VENEERED AND SOLID MAHOGANY GEORGIAN OR REGENCY WRITING SLOPE WITH A YELLOW WOOD DECORATIVE CARTOUCHE AND ESCUTCHEON AND A YELLOW WOOD EDGING.

INTERNALLY THERE IS THE ORIGINAL MAHOGANY SLOPE (WITH A LATER REPLACEMENT FABRIC COVERING) AND INK BOTTLE AND PEN DIVISIONS.

BEHIND A FALSE FRONT (LATER REPLACEMENT) THERE ARE TWO ORIGINAL MAHOGANY HIDDEN DRAWERS. THERE IS A LOOSE PIECE OF WOOD WITH A CATCH ON IT WHICH WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL LOCKING SYSTEM FOR THE HIDDEN DRAWERS.

SLIGHT SPLIT ON ONE CORNER AND SLIGHT WARPING TO FRONT OF THE LID (BUT IT STILL CLOSES AND LOCKS).

THE LOCK AND KEY ARE ORIGINAL AND WORKING.

PLEASE NOTE; THE KEYS ARE HANDMADE AND SPECIFIC TO THE LOCK SO REPLACEMENTS ARE HARD TO FIND, ALSO THE LOCKS ARE VERY OLD AND CAN FAIL, SO I’D ADVISE JUST USING THE KEYS MOSTLY AS DECORATION AND LOCKING THE BOX AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE.

CONDITION: GOOD WITH JUST A FEW VERY MINOR MARKS COMMENSURATE WITH AGE AND USE (PLEASE SEE PHOTOS AS THESE FORM PART OF THE DESCRIPTION).

AGE/CULTURE: 1800-1840/BRITISH.

SIZE: LENGTH 38CM, DEPTH 24CM, HEIGHT 60CM.

IT HAS BEEN GIVEN A VERY LIGHT CLEAN AND A BEESWAX POLISH.

UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO EXCESS PAPERWORK AND CONDITIONS I NO LONGER SELL TO COUNTRIES IN THE EUROPEAN UNION. 

 CONDITION: GOOD WITH JUST A FEW VERY MINOR MARKS AND LIGHT SCRATCHES COMMENSURATE WITH AGE AND USE.

PLEASE NOTE THE MAJORITY OF MY ITEMS ARE OVER 100 YEARS OLD AND WILL SHOW WEAR AND TEAR AND AS SUCH NOT EVERY IMPERFECTION CAN BE DESCRIBED, SO PLEASE EXAMINE PHOTOS CAREFULLY.

BUY WITH CONFIDENCE. I HAVE BEEN DEALING IN ANTIQUES FOR MANY YEARS AND HAVE A VERY POSITIVE FEEDBACK RATING.I OFFER A RETURNS POLICY AND ALWAYS ENDEAVOUR TO SORT ANY ISSUES ANYONE MAY HAVE.

SHIPPING: ALL ITEMS WILL NORMALLY BE DISPATCHED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF PAYMENT RECEIVED-COMBINED POSTAGE AVAILABLE ON SOME ITEMS-PLEASE ASK.

IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE ASK.

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