Description:
Ref: 807SB http://hygra.com/box/807SB
Antique fully fitted inlaid coromandel sewing box by Parkins & Gotto, with chased gilded brass hinges and lock and inlays of brass mother of pearl and abalone to the top and front. Inside there is a fitted lift out tray which is covered with blue paper and silk with supplementary lids covered in blue velvet. The box has ten matching turned carved and pierced mother of pearl spools and mother pearl handled tools including tweezers bodkin and hook. There is a document wallet in the lid. 1860.
The trade labels of Parkins & Gotto describe them as Stationers and Manufacturers of Fancy Goods.
Origin: UK; Parkins
and Gotto London ; Circa:
1860; Materials:
coromandel, gilded brass ,mother of pearl, abalone.
Size: 30.7 cm wide by 22.7 cm by 13 cm: 12 inches wide
by 9 inches by 5.1 inches.
Condition: good overall; working lock and key; see images
Keywords: coromandel, gilded brass ,mother of pearl, abalone . sewing box, Parkins & Gotto, Fancy Goods,
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