I wanted to share with you my latest purchase which I bought it from ebay
When advertised I could see the lower drawer had its own lock and the upper slope had an unusual little mechanism to hold it closed.
IMG_4779_1 by my0771, on Flickr
IMG_4781_1 by my0771, on Flickr
Ok I will get on to the exciting bit when the box arrived I took these pictures the panel for the secret compartment was jammed, there was a small piece of wood covering the release mechanism. I removed the wood and freed the mechanism pushed a piece of wood into the hole (bottom left of the picture below)
IMG_4784 by my0771, on Flickr
The flap sprung open
IMG_4785 by my0771, on Flickr
I don't anyone had been in here for some time
IMG_4786 by my0771, on Flickr
One of the secret drawers had a broken handle it took a little while to get it open but I did.
IMG_4787 by my0771, on Flickr
IMG_4788 by my0771, on Flickr
Marias bequest list
scan0001 by my0771, on Flickr
I have done some research on http://www.hygra.com/writing.html it would appear to have been made between 1780 and 1800.
Now all I have to do is restore it
Thanks
Michael
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