Tunbridge Ware Stamp Box with Young Head c1850

Description

Heading : Tunbridge ware stamp box with Young Head

Date : c1850

Period : Victoria

Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent

Decoration :Decoration : Central image of Young Head in profile. Framed with stringing and micro mosaic border with tesellated POSTAGE – ONE PENNY  to top and bottom. respectively. These 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, there are more than 1000 tesserae below Postage and above One Penny within the frames portrait.

Size : 4.2cm x 3.9cm x 1.9cm

Condition : Exemplary

Restoration : French polished

Weight :  12 grams