Box
1720 - 1730 (made)
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| Place of origin |
"Wood, veneered with ebony inlaid with floral scrolls in invory". Description taken from List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the the Year 1892. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 96.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Materials and techniques | Ebony, the interior lined with sandalwood; the exterior inlaid with ivory, engraved and highlighted with lac |
| Brief description | Box, ebony , Vizagapatam, 1720-30. |
| Physical description | "Wood, veneered with ebony inlaid with floral scrolls in invory". Description taken from List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the the Year 1892. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 96. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | This box was given to/Marcia Maulde Parsons [?]/by Her late Royal Highness the/Princess Charlotte of Wales (Written on paper pasted on inside lid, the same size as the inside of the lid.) |
| Credit line | Bought (Source not recorded) |
| Object history | 1892 Inventory gives the information that "Inside is written in ink, "This box was "given to Marcia Matilda Parsons by Her late Royal Highness the Princess Charlotte of Wales." List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the the Year 1892. London: Eyre and Spottiswoode. p. 96. Bought (Source not recorded). This acquisition information reflects that found in the Museum records (Asia Department registers and/or Central Inventory) as part of a 2023 provenance research project. |
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| 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.186, pl.36. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 717:1, 2-1892 |
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| Record created | December 5, 2002 |
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