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Antique Coromandel & Brass Mounted Scent Bottle Box 19th C
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Antique Coromandel & Brass Mounted Scent Bottle Box 19th C

19th century
For Sale by Regent Antiques
Description

This is an antique Victorian coromandel scent bottle box of domed form with elaborate decorative brass mounts with inset attractive pietra dura cabochons, circa 1860 in date.

The domed lid reveals three cut glass bottles with stoppers.

The box has a working lock with key.

Provenance: The Dr. Lawrie Webster Collection of Boxes

This is a highly decorative piece which will make a statement once placed on any period desk.

Provenance:

The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.

Condition:

In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 16 x Width 23.5 x Depth 11.5

Dimensions in inches:

Height 6.3 x Width 9.3 x Depth 4.5

Coromandel wood or Calamander wood

is a valuable wood from India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It is of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes (or the other way about), very heavy and hard. It is also known as Macassar Ebony or variegated ebony and is closely related to genuine ebony, but is obtained from different species in the same genus; one of these is Diospyros quaesita Thwaites, from Sri Lanka. The name Calamander comes from the local sinhalese name, 'kalu-medhiriya', which means dark chamber; referring to the characteristic ebony black wood.

Coromandel wood has been logged to extinction over the last 2 to 3 hundred years and is no longer available for new work in any quantity. Furniture in coromandel is so expensive and so well looked after that even recycling it is an unlikely source. A substitute, Macassar Ebony, has similar characteristics and to the untrained eye is nearly the same but it lacks the depth of colour seen in genuine Coromandel.

Our reference: 09385

Physical Dimensions
Height
16cm (6.30")
Width
23.5cm (9.25")
Depth
11.5cm (4.53")
Declaration

Regent Antiques has dated this Coromandel Scent Bottle Box to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Reference
SA763003
Dealers Internal Reference
09385
Description
This is an antique Victorian coromandel scent bottle box of domed form with elaborate decorative brass mounts with inset attractive pietra dura cabochons, circa 1860 in date.

The domed lid reveals three cut glass bottles with stoppers.

fig 1. A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel.
fig 1. Antique Coromandel & Brass Mounted Scent Bottle Box 19th C

The box has a working lock with key.

Provenance: The Dr. Lawrie Webster Collection of Boxes

This is a highly decorative piece which will make a statement once placed on any period desk.

Provenance:

The Collection of Sir Jeremy Lever.

fig 2. A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel.
fig 2. Antique Coromandel & Brass Mounted Scent Bottle Box 19th C

Condition:

In excellent condition, please see photos for confirmation.

Dimensions in cm:

Height 16 x Width 23.5 x Depth 11.5

Dimensions in inches:

Height 6.3 x Width 9.3 x Depth 4.5

Coromandel wood or Calamander wood

is a valuable wood from India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It is of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes (or the other way about), very heavy and hard. It is also known as Macassar Ebony or variegated ebony and is closely related to genuine ebony, but is obtained from different species in the same genus; one of these is Diospyros quaesita Thwaites, from Sri Lanka.

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The name Calamander comes from the local sinhalese name, 'kalu-medhiriya', which means dark chamber; referring to the characteristic ebony black wood.
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fig 3. A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel.
fig 3. Antique Coromandel & Brass Mounted Scent Bottle Box 19th C

Coromandel wood has been logged to extinction over the last 2 to 3 hundred years and is no longer available for new work in any quantity. Furniture in coromandel is so expensive and so well looked after that even recycling it is an unlikely source. A substitute, Macassar Ebony, has similar characteristics and to the untrained eye is nearly the same but it lacks the depth of colour seen in genuine Coromandel.

Our reference: 09385

Height
16cm (6.30")
Width
23.5cm (9.25")
Depth
11.5cm (4.53")
Date of Manufacture

Regent Antiques has dated this Coromandel Scent Bottle Box to the 1860s.

Reference Numbers
Sellingantiques Ref
SA763003
Dealers Internal Ref
09385
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Archive I A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel.

Antique Coromandel & Brass Mounted Scent Bottle Box 19th C

Archive II A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View II
Archive III A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View III
Archive IV A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View IV
Archive V A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View V
Archive VI A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View VI
Archive VII A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View VII
Archive VIII A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View VIII
Archive IX A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View IX
Archive X A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View X
Archive XI A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View XI
Archive XII A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View XII
Archive XIII A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel. View XIII
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A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel.
Antique Coromandel & Brass Mounted Scent Bottle Box 19th C
Ref: SA763003
A nineteenth-century domed coromandel wood casket with brass strapwork mounts, circular floral inlay roundels, and a key with a silk tassel.
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Cataloguer’s note

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  • ObjectBoxes & Caskets
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian
  • MaterialCoromandel Wood, Brass, Pietra Dura
  • ColourDark Brown, Gold
  • MotifsDomed lid, Brass strapwork, Pietra dura roundels, Key with tassel
  • SizeH 16 cm (6 in) x W 23.5 cm (9 in) x D 11.5 cm (5 in)

This nineteenth-century Victorian coromandel wood scent bottle box is constructed in a domed form with elaborate decorative brass strapwork mounts and circular pietra dura floral inlay roundels. The dark brown timber displays prominent black grain patterns, complemented by polished gold-coloured metal hardware and a dangling gold silk tassel attached to the working key. The structure stands on a stepped rectangular plinth base and secures with a central lock plate. Dimensions measure 16 cm high by 23.5 cm wide and 11.5 cm deep. Positioned on a period desk or sideboard top, this decorative casket provides functional storage while adding a distinctive historical accent to a traditional interior. The domed lid opens to reveal interior compartments intended for glass scent bottles. The compact scale suits placement in a study, library, or living room where it sits securely on flat surfaces as a decorative accessory.

FAQs

A Victorian scent bottle box, or casket, is a specialised decorative storage container created during the nineteenth century to secure and display glass perfume bottles, often featuring intricate timber veneers and metal strapwork.

Craftsmen typically utilised exotic hardwoods such as coromandel, rosewood, and mahogany, reinforced with brass strapwork, velvet-lined interiors, and occasionally stone or Pietra Dura roundels.

Authentic nineteenth-century caskets feature distinctive variegated graining characteristic of coromandel wood, period-correct mortise locks, hand-riveted brass mounts, and natural age-related patination on the metalwork.

Display the casket as a focal decorative accent on a dressing table, bookshelf, or console, where its rich wood grain and brass highlights add texture to modern interior schemes.

Keep the box away from direct sunlight and heat sources to prevent timber cracking, dusting regularly with a microfibre cloth while avoiding harsh metal cleaners on the patinated brass.
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