Tunbridge Ware Two-Piece Stamp Box with Queen Victoria Facsimile Postage Stamp c1850

Description

Heading : Tunbridge Ware Two-Piece Stamp Box with Queen Victoria Facsimile Postage Stamp
Date : c.1850
Period :Victoria 
Origin :Kent. England 
Decoration : Victorian Tunbridge Ware Stamp Box with lift-off lid; micro mosaic head of Queen Victoria. framed with stringing and micro mosaic borders. The sides of the base and lid with vertical banding in various coloured veneers.Boxes of this nature. featuring lettering – POSTAGE – ONE PENNY – in addition to the queen’s head were made almost without exception by Henry Hollamby and his ‘successors’ Brown. Knight & Kemp; this would appear to be an earlier Hollamby version. and features an image of Victoria made from exceptionally small tesserae – exquisite work.
Condition : Excellent
Restoration : None 

Dimensions : 4.3 x 3.8 cm x 2.0cm depth
Weight :  13 grams