Indo-Portuguese Travelling Box
An Indo-Portuguese travelling box, Javanese Rosewood or similar, of wonderful quality fashioned with a wavy outline and bound with engraved silver-coloured metal at the corners and centred by a matching sunburst to the lid. (This design appears to be derived from the Jesuit sunburst usually centred with the initials IHS). Within, numerous compartments and drawers arranged over two layers, a drop down cover to a space within the lid. Batavian, or perhaps Ceylon.
circa 1790.
w:22 in x d:13.5 in x h:7.75 in
Item code: 2735
£2800
