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Ref: 753SB http://hygra.com/box/753SB/ 

Antique Anglo Indian, Vizagapatam, buffalo horn, fitted sewing box. The radiating horn is molded and carved achieving a complex dramatic shape. This is the Art of working with horn: 
Created in small hierarchiced  workshops: buffalo horn  was imported from nearby Jeypore Zamindari. 
These unnamed craftsmen had learned how to make a product which the English market would buy.  "Decorative artifacts were made by several craftsmen in 6 different teams working for over 8 to 9 hours a day for a month."

 Large horns have been cut, softened by boiling then shaped by scraper, lathe, and hand with abrasive. A straight grained rosewood box with thick sides is first created. It is then shaped; the tapers are in the construct.  

The box is built from elements, some manufactured by others in the group. The shape is evolved from the English interpretation of the Classical art they were being exposed to.    The Indians created objects which want to walk across the floor to meet you.

Origin: Vizagapatam, India;  Circa: 1835 ; Materials: Buffalo horn, sandalwood  on a rosewood structure.

Size:  33cm wide by 24cm by 21.5cm:   13 inches wide by  9.5  inches by 8.5  inches.

Condition: good overall; working lock and key; some cracking to horn see images

Keywords: Sewing box, horn, buffalo horn, Vizagapatam, Jeypore Zamindari, Anglo Indian, sandalwood,

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