Tunbridge Ware Box with Image of Tonbridge Castle c1840

Description

Heading : Tunbridge ware box with image of Tonbridge Castle

Date : c1840

Period : Victoria

Origin : Tonbridge or Brighton – see below.

Decoration : Central mosaic of Tonbridge castle with dentil stringing. Border with stylised floral banding and dentil stringing. Inteiror with lift out tray with three compartments and green paper lining.

Size :28.2cm x 20.2cm, 11cm height

Condition : Very good – minor wear only

Restoration : The tray is a replacement

Weight :  1150 grams

This work box was most likely made by either Abraham Morris of Brighton or George Wise of Tonbridge. Howard Rockley in Topographical Tunbridge Ware states that, while there is an example labelled for Morris “whether he was the manufacturer is open to debate. It may well have been the work of George Wise of Tonbridge.”