A Victorian Walnut Writing Slope With Secret Drawers. This box with brass corners opens to reveal additional lids covering two stationary compartments. The main hinged lid with lock and key, having a brass central cartouche (vacant), enclosing a slope covered with green leather hand-tooled with gold border decoration. Three additional compartments include a rocker pen tray, a glass inkwell and a cell for stamps. The writing slope conceals two secret drawers behind a sprung panel. Dimension when closed: 29.5 x 22.5 x 15.5 cm high, (12 x 9 x 6 inch).