VIZIGAPATAM, CIRCA 1820-1840

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A SET OF SIX ANGLO-INDIAN ENGRAVED-IVORY VENEERED BOXES
VIZIGAPATAM, CIRCA 1820-1840
Each with foliate borders about rustic scenes
3½ in. (9 cm.) high; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide; 3¼ in. (8.2 cm.) deep (6)

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Lot Essay

The set of ivory dressing-table or 'toilet' display boxes are engraved in 'India' fashion with landscape vignettes, resembling architectural prints, and these are wreathed in floral chintz-like ribboned borders. The fashion haD been introduced in Vizigapatam in the mid 18th century as it appears on a dressing-table cabinet discussed by A. Jaffer in Luxury Goods from India: The Art of the Indian Cabinet-Maker London, 2002 (no.33).

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