A Tunbridge Ware Work Box Depicting Hever Castle c1860

Description

Heading : Tunbridge Ware – Work Box – Hever Castle
Date : c1860
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells. Kent
Decoration : Cushion topped with an image of Hever Castle within Banded Keylines and a Holly Leaf Border. To the four concave sides. a band of Perspective Cubes within banded and continuous keylines; Rosewood. with red silk lining to the lid. and papered dividers giving four internal compartments.
Size :  22.9 cm wide. 14.7cm deep x 7.8 cm high
Condition : Excellent; slight cracks to lacquer on top face; four missing tesserae; one of the manufacturing joins on the top face does not fit 100% accurately. but this is clearly an original manufacturing issue. No key
Restoration : None. The box has been professionally cleaned and polished.
Weight :  487 grams

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