17th Jul, 2021 9:30 GMT/BST

Summer Fine Sale (Day Two)

 
  Lot 248
 

248

A 19th Century Anglo-Ceylonese Coromandel Ivory Box, of rectangular ripple form with moulded front

A 19th Century Anglo-Ceylonese Coromandel Ivory Box, of rectangular ripple form with moulded front, back and sides, the hinged lid interior inset with a circular reserve of radiating sample woods, flanked by inset ivory foliate motifs, the lift-out tray with tortoise shell and ivory veneered compartments with conforming decoration to the covers, another lift-out tray below with sample woods, 42cm by 29cm by 15cm

Sold for £380
Estimated at £400 - £600


 

. Two splits to the top. Some of the lid supports lacking inside. The central lid missing its loop handle. There is a key and the lock functions but poorly.

 


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Auction: Summer Fine Sale (Day Two), 17th Jul, 2021

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