Price
£895.00This object is eligible for a Certificate of BADA Provenance
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A very rare early 19th century Tunbridge Ware box with a painted finish, simulating rosewood and overpainted in gold with floral panels on the frieze and with an applied print on the lid.
The print is labelled Tunbridge Wells and depicts the town as it would have been seen from The Parade, with the Church of King Charles the Martyr on the right. Opened in 1676, the Church was financed by public subscription and was the first permanent structure at the Wells, originally serving as a shelter and assembly room as well as acting as a chapel of ease to Speldhurst, Frant and Tonbridge parishes.
The box was probably intended as a needlework box as there is evidence that there had been an inner tray, which is not now present. It still retains what seems to be original velvet to the inside of the lid.
Possibly attributed to the Wise Manufactory of Tonbridge.
Circa 1800 - 1810.
Dimensions
W 20cm D 12cm H 11cmStock number
W6224The BADA Standard
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