Tunbridge Ware Ring Box with Isometric Cubes Mosaic – Thomas Burrows – c1880

Description

Heading : Tunbridge Ware Ring Box with Isometric Cubes mosaic c1880
Date : c1880
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tonbridge. England – made by Thomas Burrows
Decoration : Perspective Cubes panel. geometric borders
Size :  Height 3.1 cm. length 8.8 cm. depth 4.3 cm
Condition : Repair to one end of lid as shown. interior refitted as a ring box
Restoration : Repair to end of lid
Weight : 42 grams

Notes : We have seen a near identical box – of the same construction but with slightly different mosaic bands and red rather than blue velvet interior – labelled for Thomas Burrows from the period in which he was working in Tonbridge (1877-1883); this attribution can be confidently made.