Tunbridge Ware Jewellery Box Depicting The Pantiles c1870

Description

Heading : Tunbridge ware jewellery box with image of The Pantiles

Date : c1870

Period : Victoria

Origin : Tunbridge Wells. Kent

Decoration : Image of the Pantiles to cover within keylines. the cover is bordered by floral Berlin woolwork banding. Side panels decorated with floral band within keylines.

Size :   Length 24cm, Width 18.8cm, Height 10cm

Condition : Excellent,  the image to the cover is in remarkable condition with very few signs of wear and there is no cracking within the image as is invariably the case with both versions of ‘The Pantiles”. The side panels with very small area of little lifting but generally excellent condition. Key and working lock

Restoration : The box has been french polished

Weight : 1043 grams

Henry Hollamby’s Magnum Opus. The view of the Pantiles is one of the most enduringly popular images on Tunbridge ware and to find a box in this condition is truly remarkable. The first example with the iconic depiction of The Pantiles that does not exhibit any crazing nor shrinkage. The box was certainly made by Thomas barton having purchased the Pantiels image from Hollamby. The border within the inner tray, the extensive use of green oak, the floral border all point in the same direction.