A Tunbridge Ware Puzzle Box Including Tangram Pieces with Geometric Mosaic c1860

Description

Heading : Tunbridge Ware – Puzzle Box Including Tangram Pieces with Geometric Mosaic c 1860
Date : c 1860
Period : Victorian
Origin : Tunbridge Wells. Kent or possibly Brighton – see below
Decoration : Geometric stylised floral mosaic to the top face of the lift-off lid only; includes the original seven (plain) tangram pieces in the base
Size : 5 .1 x 5.1 x 1.6 cm
Condition : Good; two pairs of missing tesserae; lacquer is a little patchy in places
Restoration : none
Weight :  27 grams

Note: This simple little puzzle box bears one distinguishing mark in that the triple continuous keyline border around the mosaic is seen on examples labelled for the maker Childs & Son of Brighton. working from their 51 Kings Road location – a premises which was occupied. and producing labelled pieces. from 1844 to 1873; this identification is in no way conclusive. but persuasive nonetheless in the absence of pieces featuring the same pattern which are labelled for other sources