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19th Century Carved Chinese Writing Slope
Located in Martlesham, GB
19th century carved Chinese writing slope / box, intricately carved all over with dragons, symbols
Category
1870s Chinese Antique Writing Box
Materials
Hardwood
Antique English Victorian Coromandel Vanity Box by Lund of London
Located in Northampton, GB
the high-quality manufacture of cutlery, writing boxes and other luxury items. William Lund the son of
Category
Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass
Victorian Walnut Lap Desk or Writing Slope
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
A Victorian walnut lap desk or writing slope
The writing slope is made in walnut with a new faux
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Box
19th Century brass bound mahogany writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century brass bound mahogany writing slope circa 1890.
Good quality brass bound box slope
Category
Late 19th Century English Campaign Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Victorian Burr Walnut
Brassbound Campaign Writing Slope
Located in King
s Lynn, GB
hidden wooden drawers covering the width of the box.
What is a writing slope?
A writing slope is a
Category
19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
19th century American Primitive Writing Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
American Primitive that was crudely made with square nails and iron hinges. All original in as found condition with nicks and scratches. Someone long ago has carved the number 1 in p...
Category
1850s American Primitive Antique Writing Box
Materials
Pine
Tunbridge Ware Writing Stand with Faceted Inkwells c1870
By Tunbridge Ware
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Tunbridge ware writing stand c1870
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge
Category
1870s British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood
Mahogany Writing Slope from the Mid 19th Century
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Mahogany writing slope from the mid 19th century
Date :
Period : Victoria
Origin
Category
1850s British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood
Antique Coromandel Irish Dublin Writing Set, circa 1880
Located in London, GB
box with fitted interior and an inkstand and a rectangular blotter.
Each fitted with Gothic tracery
Category
1880s English Antique Writing Box
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope circa 1870.
Fine quality english made
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Baize, Walnut
19th century Victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
19th century victorian burr walnut desk top writing slope circa 1870.
Fine quality English made
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Walnut
Antique Regency Rosewood Writing and Stationery Slope, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a highly decorative antique Regency rosewood and brass inlaid writing and stationery slope
Category
1820s Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Brass Mounted Mahogany Writing Slope by N Middleton c1825
Located in Tunbridge Wells, GB
Heading : Brass mounted mahogany writing slope by Nicholas Middleton
Date : c1825
Period : George
Category
1820s British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood
19th Century Papier Mâché Writing Desk and Games Table
Located in Brighton, Sussex
A very good quality Victorian papier mâché writing slope and games table, having an ebonized ground
Category
19th Century English High Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Other
Mid 19th century Swedish painted table top writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century swedish painted table top writing desk circa 1850.
Good quality table top bureau
Category
Mid-19th Century Swedish Folk Art Antique Writing Box
Materials
Pine, Paint
Early 19th Century Irish Mahogany Writing Slope with Armorial Crest
Located in Dallas, TX
Really nice early 19th century Irish writing slope/box.
The outer body is made of mahogany and
Category
Early 19th Century Irish George III Antique Writing Box
Materials
Abalone, Mother-of-Pearl, Ebony, Mahogany
French Burl Walnut Veneer Writing Slope Case, Napoleon III, 19th Century
Located in Casteren, Noord-Brabant
Beautiful antique writing slope case, from France, late 19th century.
The chest is veneered with
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Writing Box
Materials
Burl, Walnut
Early 20th Century Pine Shoe Shine Box
Located in Burton, TX
wooden storage box. The stamped writing in the bottom of the box suggest this box was originally made
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Writing Box
Materials
Pine
Antique Regency Brass Inlaid Boulle Writing and Stationery Slope, 19th Century
Located in London, GB
This is a highly decorative antique Regency Gonçalo Alves and brass inlaid writing and stationery
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1820s English Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Burr Walnut Writing Slope Lap Desk Set Sampson Mordan
Co 1870s
Located in London, GB
This is a wonderful antique Victorian Gothic revival writing slope in figured walnut with wonderful
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1870s Antique Writing Box
Materials
Walnut
An Intricately Inlaid Tunbridge Ware Rectangular Wooden Box
Located in San Francisco, CA
An intricately inlaid English Tunbridge Ware rectangular wooden writing box with tumbling block
Category
19th Century English Antique Writing Box
19th Century Large Japanese Store Display Tea Box
Located in Troy, MI
edges. Original hardware. Lettering/writing on box shows tea packed/imported from Yokohama, Japan to San
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Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Victorian Burr Walnut Tea Caddy by "Parkins
Gotto"
By Parkins
Gotto
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
largest stock in Europe in their advertisments. By now these items ranged from writing boxes and tea
Category
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Walnut
Antique Gothic Revival Coromandel Stationery Letter Box Toulmin Gale London 1865
By Toulmin
Gale
Located in Portland, OR
writing paper and envelopes. The box was made by one of London's finest box makers; Toulmin & Gale with an
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1860s English Gothic Revival Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique English Walnut Brass Military Campaign Gateleg Writing Desk Box 1850
Located in Portland, OR
A good antique English walnut & brass bound and inlaid military campaign gateleg writing desk/box
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1850s English Campaign Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Queen Anne Elm Bureau or Bible Box
Located in Bedfordshire, GB
A delightful queen Anne period oak and elm bureau/bible box
having superbly figured fall front
Category
Early 18th Century English Country Antique Writing Box
Materials
Elm
Antique Victorian Inlaid Writing Table Desk Manner of Edwards
Roberts 19th C
Located in London, GB
This is a lovely late Vicorian Gonçalo Alves and Marquetry writing table / desk, Circa 1880 in date
Category
1880s English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Leather, Wood
18th Century Painted Oak Bureau Bible Box on Stand
Located in Petworth,West Sussex, GB
A wonderful characterful late 18th century portable painted carved oak bureau or bible box on a
Category
18th Century British Georgian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Oak
Mid 19th century burr campaign lap writing desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid 19th century burr campaign lap desk circa 1860.
Good quality burr writing box.
Beautifully
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Mid-19th Century Burmese Campaign Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Mid-19th Century Burr Campaign Lap Writing Desk
Located in Debenham, Suffolk
Mid-19th century burr campaign lap desk, circa 1860.
Good quality Chinese export burr writing
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Mid-19th Century Chinese Campaign Antique Writing Box
Materials
Walnut
American Victorian Wood and Paper Mache Sewing Box on Pedestal Base
Located in Middleburg, VA
American Victorian Wood and Paper Mache sewing box on pedestal base
Paper Mache depicts bird and
Category
Mid-19th Century American Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood, Paper
Antique Work Box Desk Side Table English Regency Period Rosewood, circa 1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
A pleasing original English Regency period workbox writing desk presented in very good antique
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1820s Great Britain (UK) Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Rosewood
Spanish Early 18th Century Walnut Wood Desk with Spindled Legs and Box Stretcher
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Spanish early 18th century desk or table. This handsome Spanish desk of walnut features great carving and two large drawers. Amazing carved detail in this desk from the frieze trim...
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18th Century Spanish Rustic Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood, Walnut
19th c. Mahogany Campaign Writing Lap Desk c.1800s
Located in San Francisco, CA
writing surface on original velvet. Top and bottom lift open to reveal storage areas along with an area
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19th Century American Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Paper
Antique Merchant
s Writing Slope, English, Leather, Correspondence Box, C.1890
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique merchant's writing slope. An English, leather bound correspondence box, dating
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Late 19th Century British Antique Writing Box
Materials
Leather
German marquetry cabinet
Located in Lincolnshire, GB
A rare example of a late 16th century Augsberg walnut cabinet or writing box, with floral
Category
18th Century and Earlier German Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood
$14,000
Painted Antique Italian Trunk
Located in Austin, TX
From Alba in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy, this antique writing box features its original
Category
1850s Italian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Iron
Japanese Lacquer Suzuribako Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
A beautiful Maki-e lacquer suzuribako (the writing box) circa 19th century of Edo period (1615-1868
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Writing Box
Materials
Lacquer
$10,500 / item
Victorian Papier-Mache Lap Desk Grand Tour View
Located in Montreal, QC
This writing box is of a rather unusual design. Instead of flipping open to reveal a sloped writing
Category
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Wood
Antique Brass and Malachite Scales by Halstaff
Hannaford
By Halstaff
Hannaford
Located in Northampton, GB
making Ladies’ Work Boxes, Writing Boxes, and Dressing Cases, all the way up until 1898.
Category
Late 19th Century English Art Nouveau Antique Writing Box
Materials
Malachite, Brass
American Rustic Lap Writing Desk Box
Located in Southampton, NY
American rustic lap writing desk box.
The outside is stained in a beautiful red tone with lots of
Category
Early 20th Century American Antique Writing Box
Materials
Pine
Antique Writing Slope, English, Oak, Travelling Correspondence Box, Edwardian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique writing slope. An English, oak travelling correspondence box, dating to the
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Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Oak
Antique Campaign Writing Slope, English, Walnut, Correspondence Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
box, dating to the early Victorian period, circa 1850.
Finely crafted writing slope, used in period
Category
Mid-19th Century British Early Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Leather, Walnut
Antique Writing Slope, English, Mahogany, Brass, Correspondence Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a delightful antique writing slope. An English, quality mahogany and brass correspondence
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Late 19th Century British Antique Writing Box
Materials
Mahogany
Antique Burmese Work Box, Desk Writing Table 1890 Hardwood
Located in Potters Bar, GB
- Amazing hand carved antique Burmese writing table or desk
- Hopefully the photos illustrate the
Category
1890s Burmese Antique Writing Box
Materials
Hardwood
c. 1865 French Napoleon III Table Top Writing Desk Box
Located in Chapel Hill, NC
French, circa 1865, Napoleon III table top writing desk box. Burl amboyna, ebony & boulle inlays
Category
1860s French Napoleon III Antique Writing Box
Materials
Velvet, Burl
Antique Officer
s Correspondence Box, English, Writing Slope, Regency, C.1820
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique correspondence box. An English, rosewood writing slope case, dating to the
Category
1820s British Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Desktop Writing Slope, English Burr Walnut Correspondence Box, Victorian
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique desktop writing slope. An English, burr walnut and brass correspondence box
Category
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Napoleon III Writing Desk Boulle Style Marquetry Box, France, 1870
By André-Charles Boulle
Located in Paris, FR
Weiting desk box. In Doucine Boulle Queen Marquetry Napoleon III style.
Very nice ekine writing
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Antique Georgian Mahogany Victorian Brass Bound Traveling Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
writing slope of outstanding quality and medium proportions, with unusual moulded brass inlay decoration
Category
19th Century English Georgian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Travelling Writing Slope, English, Correspondence Box, Victorian, C.1899
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is an antique travelling writing slope. An English, mahogany and brass correspondence box
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Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Letter Box of Buhl and Tortoisse Shell w/ Hidden Writing Surface
Located in Westwood, NJ
Brass Inlaid Tortoisse Shell Hinged Letter Box w/ hidden Writing Surface. Brass stamped with Crest
Category
19th Century English Antique Writing Box
19th Century Chinese Black, Golded Lacquered Sewing Box and Writing Table
Located in Valladolid, ES
writing table . Unique and exclusive work of art.
An stunning chinese sewing box with a lot of carved
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1860s French Chinoiserie Antique Writing Box
Materials
Gold
Antique Victorian Brass Bound Traveling Desk Mahogany Wooden Writing Slope Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
replaced leather in writing area which is nicely done. Box closes firmly with no gaps. Lock and key are
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19th Century English Regency Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Traveling Wooden Burl Walnut Writing Slope Stationary Box 19c
Located in Dublin, Ireland
Gents twin handle Travelling Writing Slope of outstanding quality and generous proportions. Second
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
Antique Victorian Black Walnut and Mahogany Writing Stationery Box, circa 1860
Located in London, GB
This is a magnificent antique Victorian inlaid black walnut and mahogany writing slope and
Category
1860s English Victorian Antique Writing Box
Materials
Leather, Mahogany, Walnut
19th Century English Campaign Mahogany Writing Slope Lap Desk Box Brass
Located in Shreveport, LA
~Direct from England~
~Lovely antique English Campaign mahogany portable writing slope desk~
~Wide
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19th Century British Campaign Antique Writing Box
Materials
Brass
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Find many varieties of an authentic antique writing box available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, metal and brass, every antique writing box was constructed with great care. There are many kinds of the antique writing box you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. An antique writing box made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Georgian — is very popular. A well-made antique writing box has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by David Edwards, Asprey International Limited and Drew
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How Much is a Antique Writing Box?
The average selling price for an antique writing box at 1stDibs is $1,699, while they’re typically $265 on the low end and $29,938 for the highest priced.
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