Lot Essay
For a similar calamander work-box, inlaid with ivory, from the Galle District, circa 1830-50 see Furniture From British India and Ceylon, Amin Jaffer, V & A Publications 2001, page 374, fig.182.
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CIRCA 1830
Details
AN ANGLO-CEYLONESE IVORY INLAID CALAMANDER WORK BOX
CIRCA 1830
Of ripple-moulded outline, the interior fitted with two trays, subdivided into various compartments with lids of various specimen woods, ivory and tortoiseshell veneers
15¾in. (40cm.) wide
CIRCA 1830
Of ripple-moulded outline, the interior fitted with two trays, subdivided into various compartments with lids of various specimen woods, ivory and tortoiseshell veneers
15¾in. (40cm.) wide
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