Vizagapatam Box (c. 1750 India)

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Sandalwood And Ivory

29.00cm wide    10.00cm high    21.50cm deep (11.42 inches wide  3.94 inches high  8.46 inches deep)

Vizagapatam on the northern Coromandel coast is a natural harbour midway between Calcutta and Madras. The British East India Company had a trading station there from 1668 and by 1756 the whole area had come under British control. From the late 17th century a tradition grew in Vizagapatam for the manufacture of objects and furniture of Western form, decorated in a distinctive manner, all being inlaid or veneered with ivory etched with black lac. The decoration was drawn from Mogul culture, brilliantly adapted to appeal to western taste. A visitor there in 1756, Major John Corneille, recorded that Vizagapatam was ‘famous for its inlay work, and justly, for they do it to the greatest perfection’.

Mid 18th century, sandalwood lined, ivory veneered box with silver coloured metal hinges, lock, escutcheon, the inside with a small division running front to back at one side and with a small drawer beneath the same.

gbp 2950 (Pound Sterling)

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