Description
Heading : Tunbridge ware handkerschief box
Date : c1895
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells. Kent
Decoration : Central rose mosaic within a foliate Berlin woolwork border and keylines. The side panels decorated with foliate banding. Red silk lining
Size : 15.3x15cm. 5.8cm height
Condition : Excellent. minor wear only. Working lock and key
Restoration : Professionally cleaned
Weight : 294 grams
The green oak suggests this is almost certainly the work of Thomas Barton. it is possible. however. that this piece comes from shortly after Barton’s retirement in 1901 at which time Boyce. Brown. and Kemp bought up many of his old blocks.
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