Large 19th Century Anglo-indian Compartment Box

Important, eventful, crossbow-shaped box in solid rosewood from the 19th century.
Anglo-Indian work executed for the trading posts of the time in India and for the English export market.
The rosewood is of superb quality and presents alternating light and dark grain.
This box contains two levels of compartments closing thanks to covers in marquetry of bone, and various exotic woods.
The interior of the lid is itself decorated with a large flower in bone inlay.
Each small lid offers beautiful work of marquetry and bone inlay.
Everything is complete and in excellent condition with a French polish finish.
The lid has a slight crack without incidence, visible in the photos.
Original lock, key and hinges.
Possibility of removing the two levels of compartments from the box.
An ideal box for a collector of jewelry, buttons, cameos.
Can also be used as a very beautiful game box etc... In any case it is a superb box itself and without any missing parts.
Be careful for a box the dimensions are important and the weight of the solid rosewood quite substantial.

Anglo-Indian work from the 19th century.

Dimensions:
45 cm long by 29 cm wide and 16 cm high.

We deliver and ship worldwide, please contact us for a precise quote.