Antique Treen 19thc Tunbridge ware Turned Pill Box. English. C1860-80.
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I nearly missed this on my travels as it is not very big, but it makes up for lack of size by its quality....it has ring turn decoration around the circular edge and then the top is beautifully inlaid in a marquetry pattern (geometric shapes inlaid on top of the original surface) typical design known as Tunbridge ware...the box was probably used for pills or even as a patch box... patches which were usually black , were popular with the fashionable women and sometimes the men of this period, who wanted to emphasize the beauty of their skin.....the box itself is made of rosewood and has gained a very good patina and is in excellent condition.
English. C1860-80
Additional Information
MS 7934 (AB-181306)
H: 0.6" (1.5 cm)Di: 1" (2.5 cm)
19th Century
Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Mark Seabrook Antiques was started in 1996, and his speciality is in 17thc / 18thc Antique Oak & Country Furniture, Antique Metalware, Antique Treen, Delftware, & Early English Pottery . Mark was a member of the BADA from 2006 until 2019, and he has exhibited at all the major English Antique...
