VIZAGAPATAM, LATE 18TH CENTURY

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AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY WORK-BOX
VIZAGAPATAM, LATE 18TH CENTURY
Modelled as a house, the facade decorated with a seascape and the sides and back with windows and trees, the hinged lid enclosing a satinwood-lined interior with a pin-cushion, thimble-holder, two lidded compartments and dividers, with a satinwood-lined side drawer, the front panel reused
6¼ in. (15.5 cm.) high; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) wide; 4½ in. (11 cm.) deep

Provenance

Christie's, London, 22 November 2007, lot 719

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Lot Essay

A similar work-box is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London and illustrated in A. Jaffer, Furniture from British India and Ceylon, London, 2001, p. 206. Related models have also been sold anonymously, Bonhams, London, 27 June 2006, lot 7 (£10,200 including premium) and by the late Christopher Rowley, Esq., Wormington Manor, Worcestershire, Sotheby's house sale, 21-22 July 2003, lot 624 (£4,800 including premium).

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