Description
Heading : Tunbridge ware stationery box with image of Dover Castle
Date : c1870
Period : Victoria
Origin : Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Decoration : Central mosaic of Dover Castele with dentil strinigng and foliate border. Side panels of cover with geometric decoration and dentil stringing. Stylised foliate banding to side panels of body with stickeware escutcheon. Interior with gilded paper lining and silk to underside of cover, several compartments for paper, envelopes, stamps etc
Size : 25.7cm x 16.8cm, 15.4cm height
Condition : Excellent, light wear with age, a little veneer loss. to the fornt left corner of base.
Restoration : None
Weight : 759 grams
One of Henry Hollamby’s best designs in our opinion.
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