Cribbage Box
ca. 1867 (made)
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This box is decorated with sadeli, a geometric micromosaic composed of various woods, metals and ivory, arranged in patterns as a border or veneer over the wooden carcass. Such work was much practised in western India, especially in and around Bombay, for which reason objects of this type were described under the blanket heading 'Bombay boxes.' The lid of the box is configured for cribbage and the interior is divided into three compartments - two for cribbage pegs and one for a pack of cards.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Sandalwood, partly carved and inlaid with sadeli, ebony and ivory |
| Brief description | Cribbage box, sandalwood carved inl;aid with ivory, Surat, c.1867. |
| Physical description | Cribbage box of sandalwood, partly carved and inlaid with ivory and sadeli, within borders of sadeli, ebony and ivory. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'Bombay Local No. 206 / Name. / Cribbage Board double Sandalwood / Place of Production } Presidency of Bombay. / Collectorate. Surat / Talooka. Town of Surat / Price Rs. 7" 8 / Exhibited by B. Hurivulubh / of Bombay, to be sold at the close of the / Exhibition' |
| Object history | Exhibited at the Universal Exhibition Paris, 1867, and acquired by the India Museum for Rs. 7 - 8. Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Room 8. Wall Case 30.] '01,146. CRIBBAGE BOARD. Sandalwood, ivory and mosaic border; Bombay. 6,633' |
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| Summary | This box is decorated with sadeli, a geometric micromosaic composed of various woods, metals and ivory, arranged in patterns as a border or veneer over the wooden carcass. Such work was much practised in western India, especially in and around Bombay, for which reason objects of this type were described under the blanket heading 'Bombay boxes.' The lid of the box is configured for cribbage and the interior is divided into three compartments - two for cribbage pegs and one for a pack of cards. |
| Bibliographic reference | Jaffer, Amin Furniture from British India and Ceylon: A Catalogue of the Collections in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Peabody Essex Museum. London : V&A Publications, 2001. 416 p., ill. ISBN 1851773185, p.322, pl.138. |
| Other number | 6633 - India Museum Slip Book |
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| Accession number | 01146:1, 2/(IS) |
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| Record created | July 25, 2005 |
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