Lot Essay
For similar calamander work-boxes, 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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GALLE DISTRICT, CIRCA 1830
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AN ANGLO-CEYLONESE IVORY INLAID CALAMANDER WORK BOX
GALLE DISTRICT, CIRCA 1830
Of rectangular form with scalloped outline, the interior cover inlaid with floral roundel and below fitted with seventeen various ivory and tortoiseshell veneered covered compartments with metal inlay on a sandalwood tray, fitted with eight further specimen wood covered compartments and a letter rack below
17½in. (44.5cm.) wide
GALLE DISTRICT, CIRCA 1830
Of rectangular form with scalloped outline, the interior cover inlaid with floral roundel and below fitted with seventeen various ivory and tortoiseshell veneered covered compartments with metal inlay on a sandalwood tray, fitted with eight further specimen wood covered compartments and a letter rack below
17½in. (44.5cm.) wide
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