Michael Johnson Antiques has dated this piece to the Victorian era.
From the late 17th century a tradition grew in Vizagapatam for the manufacture of objects and furniture of Western form, decorated in a distinctive manner, all being inlaid or veneered with ivory etched with black lac. The decoration was drawn from Mogul culture, brilliantly adapted to appeal to western taste. A visitor there in 1756, Major John Corneille, recorded that Vizagapatam was ‘famous for its inlay work, and justly, for they do it to the greatest perfection’
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Michael Johnson Antiques has dated this piece to the Victorian era.
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Ivory Table Box
