US$1,004.21 This is an antique Victorian coromandel and brass writing and stationery slope of rectangular shape, circa 1840 in date. The box is of rectangular shape with brass borders and a brass engraved plaque on the lid with an engraving that reads: Agnes M McAlpin 2nd May 1884. The interiors are beautifully finished in the original navy blue and gold tooled leather. It has the two original inkwells with silver plated lids and some old knibs which are a testimony to the fact that the slope was used. The slope has a secret compartments with three small drawers hidden under the writing surface, and you need a separate key to access the compartment below the writing surface. It has the original keys and working locks and the main lock is a high quality Bramah lock with the special original key. This is a highly decorative piece which will make a statement once placed on any period desk. Condition: In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 18 x Width 45 x Depth 26 Dimensions in inches: Height 7 inches x Width 1 foot, 6 inches x Depth 10 inches Coromandel wood or Calamander wood is a valuable wood from India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It is of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes (or the other way about), very heavy and hard. It is also known as Macassar Ebony or variegated ebony and is closely related to genuine ebony, but is obtained from different species in the same genus; one of these is Diospyros quaesita Thwaites, from Sri Lanka. The name Calamander comes from the local sinhalese name, 'kalu-medhiriya', which means dark chamber; referring to the characteristic ebony black wood. Coromandel wood has been logged to extinction over the last 2 to 3 hundred...