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Box

ca. 1855 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Box, ebony carved with silveer mounts, Bombay, c.1855.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Carved ebony, with silver mounts, and silvered brass lock
Brief description
Box, ebony carved with silveer mounts, Bombay, c.1855.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.5cm
  • Width: 30cm
  • Depth: 23cm
Object history
Transferred from the India Museum in 1879. 1880 Register Entry: [Room 8. Wall Case 30.] '01,177. BOX. Carved ebony; Bombay. 4,311'
Subjects depicted
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 1851773185p.319, pl.133..
Other number
4311 - India Museum Slip Book
Collection
Accession number
01177(IS)

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Record createdNovember 29, 2002
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