Verybrad has got this spot on (I collect boxes) on the valuation front I would say less than £100, it has the original lock and keep and candle...
How beautiful, that's a keeper
I used to own a Sampson Mordan & Co inkwell, one of the nicest antiques I ever owned.[ATTACH]
I think a museum would be best, I often see auction houses get these things wrong, The V&A might be able to help
It would be a nightmare if not for the fact that most go unrecognized in auctions and on ebay. One day they will all be spotted :( then I'll have...
BTW I was watching a Vizagapatam box on ebay today, it made £721 and didn't reach the reserve, it was a good one, perhaps they are beginning to be...
The Netherlands had a lot to do with India in the earlier days from 1605 onward so it may well be a early piece, what country did you buy it in? I...
Now I see lol even when it was pointed out to me I still couldn't see it, I'm getting old :(
There is no doubt it's very old, maybe 17th but no later than 18th c, I don't think it was any larger than the missing bottom right hand corner as...
Please post a picture and I will see if I know, most of the crafts I collect originate from before colonial times, it's only because their heyday...
Thank you, what's very interesting is how this sort of wear is being perceived in the antique market today. In the last few years we have seen it...
In my view they are all Victorian, 1870-1890
I recently bought a Vizagapatam box with a unusual crest on the top of two loins holding a cartouche, the pierced ivory was about the best I've...
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