A British Officer's Campaign Slope by Joseph Bramah
This Georgian-era campaign writing slope is in excellent condition and boasts a lock marked to Joseph Bramah - perhaps the greatest lock-maker of the Napoleonic era.
A slope was an important apparatus for any British officer to include in their kit as it provided a useful hub for the sending of daily correspondences, the writing of orders, and for keeping monetary affairs in order. Campaign items such as this are always highly desired by the market, not just for their worth as display furniture but also for their historical connections. Indeed, the lock helps us date this item to the late-1700s and so it could possibly have been taken to the Peninsula War or even America - who knows? What is for certain is that, for a 200-year-old item, it is in superb shape.
Everything is in good working order with this example: the hinges are healthy, the interior wood is in super condition, the compartments have wooden covers with small mother of pearl handles and the velvet writing surface is an antique original. The slope also comes with a few period-correct effects: an inkwell, some early 19th-century newspapers and some hand-written letters. I always try to list the bad points of an item along with the good ones but there aren’t really any to speak of in this case. The only real problem is that the original key is missing but then replacement Bramah keys, both new and antique, are available online, I just haven’t got around to sourcing one.
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£925
Reduced: £675.