Papier mâché box made of cut papier mâché board and shaped surround. It is exquisitely decorated with an oriental scene in mother of pearl and gilding. The mother of pearl is not painted, but inserted in small pieces selected for colour and grain. In the flicker of candle-light the exotic building would have taken on a magical quality. The quality and type of work, together with the theme point to Alsager and Neville, or to their influence.
Origin: UK ; Circa:
1850; Materials: Papier
mâché, mother of pearl.
Size: 24.5 cm wide by22.6
cm by 5.3 cm: 9.7 inches wide by 8.9
inches by 2 inches.
Condition: good
overall; working lock and key; see images
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as needed.
Keywords: Victorian, papier mâché, mother of pearl inlay, gilded, japanned, Chinoiserie, Alsager, Alsager & Neville,
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