A Tunbridge Ware Salve Or Pill Box and a Trinket Box

Description

eading : Tunbridge Ware rouge or salve pot or pill box and a trinket box with satinwood stringing
Date : 1860 and 1890 respectively
Period : Victorian
Origin :  Royal Tunbridge Wells. England
Decoration : Traditional ‘stickware’ design on lid
Size :  H: 2.5cm x 3cm diameter and 6cms x 4cms x 2.5cms
Condition : Very good.
Restoration : None
Weight :  41g

Salve …think lip balm or ointment.

References:

Tunbridge Ware and Related European Decorative Woodwares – 3^rd edition – Brian Austen

The Story of Tunbridge Ware –Friends of Tunbridge Wells. Museum. Library and Art Gallery