Tunbridge Ware Bookslide c1870

Description

Heading : Tunbridge ware bookslide
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells. Kent
Decoration : Perspective cube patern to one end within a tesselated geometric border. To the other side is a mosaic rose
Size :  44.5cm length when fully extended. 13.8cm height. 12.4cm width
Condition : The bottom left corner of the tessalated geometric border has a little stain and four tesserae are absent. Otherwise very good. with only minor surface rubbing.
Restoration : None
Weight :  573 grams

Designed by Thomas Barton almost certainly in the early period of his independence.