antique coromandel & brass mounted scent bottle box 19th c

This is an antique Victorian coromandel scent bottle box of domed form with elaborate decorative brass mounts with inset attractive pietra dura cabochons, circa 1860 in date.

The domed lid reveals three cut glass bottles with stoppers.The box has a working lock with key.Provenance: The Dr.LawrieWebster Collection of BoxesThis is a highly decorative piece which will make a statement once placed on any period desk.Provenance:The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.Condition:In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.Dimensions in cm:Height 16 x Width 23.5 x Depth 11.5Dimensions in inches:Height 6 inches x Width 9 inches x Depth 4 inches
Our reference: 09385
Coromandelwoodor Calamanderwood
is a valuable wood fromIndia,Sri Lankaand 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 asMacassarEbonyorvariegated ebonyand is closely related to genuineebony, but is obtained from different species in the same genus; one of these isDiospyrosquaesitaThwaites, from Sri Lanka. The nameCalamandercomes from the localsinhalesename, 'kalu-medhiriya', which means dark chamber; referring to the characteristic ebony black wood.Coromandelwood has been logged to extinction over the last 2 to 3 hundred years and is no longer available for new work in any quantity. Furniture incoromandelis so expensive and so well looked after that even recycling it is an unlikely source. A substitute,MacassarEbony, has similar characteristics and to the untrained eye is nearly the same but it lacks the depth ofcolourseen in genuineCoromandel.

Antiques.co.uk Ref: C2W3VH2RK

Width (cm):

23.5

Height (cm):

16

Depth (cm):

11.5

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