A Fine Tunbridge Ware Pen Tray c 1880

Description

Heading : Tunbridge Ware – A Very Good Pen Tray c1880
Date : c1880
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells; England
Decoration : Rectangular. with canted sides and a curved well; birds-eye maple base with four turned feet; the four canted edges have a Berlin Wool-work frieze. bounded by continuous and banded key-line stringing set in to rosewood; a rarely-seen design and infinitely more impressive that the ‘plain’ trays which are more common
Size :  24.5 x 8.0 x 3.5 cm
Condition : Excellent; some minor wear to the face of the concave well itself; very slightly warped so the four feet do not sit square on a flat surface
Restoration : None
Weight :   155 grams