Ebony writing case, inlaid with ivory, Rectangular case with flat lid, standing on four small ball feet. On the inside, along the back and sides, two pencil boxes and two layers with 9 shallow drawers. The entire chest is richly decorated with inlays of floral scrolls in ivory. On the lid, the tendrils spread across the surface from four European vases in the corners and from two different vases halfway the long side, leaving an oval medallion in the center. These tendrils appear on the sides, the inside of the lid and in the interior with the drawers. On the outside of the lid there is a rosette in the middle of the oval. On the inside of the lid within a rectangle a family crest (probably filled in later). The bottom and part of the inside is inlaid with turtle. All sides and inside and outside of the lid are enclosed by narrow ribbons., anonymous, Vizagapatnam, c. 1720 - c. 1730, ivory, ebony (wood), cutting, h 14.2 cm × w 52 cm × d 34.5 cm
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Ebony writing case, inlaid, ivory, Rectangular case, flat lid, standing, four small ball feet, inside, back, sides, two pencil boxes, two layers, 9 shallow drawers, entire chest, richly decorated, inlays, floral scrolls, lid, tendrils spread across, surface, four European vases, corners, two different vases halfway, long side, leaving, oval medallion, center, tendrils, interior, drawers, outside, rosette, middle, oval, lid within, rectangle, family crest, filled, later, bottom, part, turtle, enclosed, narrow ribbons, Vizagapatnam, c, 1720, 1730, ebony, wood, cutting
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