Tunbridge Ware Box With Perspective Cube Design c1840 Was £125

Description

Heading : Tunbridge Ware Box With Perspective Cube Design
Date : 1830- 1850
Period : Victorian
Origin : Royal Tunbridge Wells. England
Decoration : Traditional Tunbridge Ware Perspective Cube Parquetry to Lid framed with geometrical banding
Size :  10cm x 4.2cm x 2.4cm
Condition : Very good
Restoration : None
Weight :  33g

The parquetry design used on this item was very popular with Tunbridge Ware manufacturies during the early part of the 19^th Century. This is commonly known as “tumbling dice”

References:

Tunbridge Ware and Related European Decorative Woodwares – 3^rd edition
By Brian Austen

The Story of Tunbridge Ware
By Friends of Tunbridge Wells. Museum. Library and Art Gallery