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An Unusual Early Tunbridge Ware Sewing Pannier - Decorated with Hot Poker Work
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An Unusual Early Tunbridge Ware Sewing Pannier - Decorated with Hot Poker Work

19th century
Sold 14 April 2025 · Opus Antiques
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An unusual early Tunbridge Ware sewing pannier, decorated with hot poker work to make it look like tortoiseshell. A metal point would be heated up and would have been used to burn the wood slightly to decorate it. The lid also has a central pannel with decorated flowers and leaves. It has a swing handle, replaced at sometime. Inside it is lined with the original pink paper and it is divided into sections. There are some sewing items inside including scissors, needles cotton etc

c1820/30

It measures 12.5cm w x 10cm d x 5cm h excluding the handle.

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Opus Antiques has dated this Antique Tunbridge Ware to the 19th Century.

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An unusual early Tunbridge Ware sewing pannier, decorated with hot poker work to make it look like tortoiseshell. A metal point would be heated up and would have been used to burn the wood slightly to decorate it. The lid also has a central pannel with decorated flowers and leaves. It has a swing handle, replaced at sometime. Inside it is lined with the original pink paper and it is divided into sections. There are some sewing items inside including scissors, needles cotton etc

c1820/30

It measures 12.5cm w x 10cm d x 5cm h excluding the handle.

Date of Manufacture

Opus Antiques has dated this Antique Tunbridge Ware to the 19th Century.

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A small antique wooden sewing pannier featuring a simulated tortoiseshell finish and a central panel decorated with floral hot poker work.
An unusual early Tunbridge Ware sewing pannier - decorated with hot poker work
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A small antique wooden sewing pannier featuring a simulated tortoiseshell finish and a central panel decorated with floral hot poker work.
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  • ObjectDecorative Boxes
  • Period19th century
  • StyleVictorian & Gothic
  • MaterialWood
  • ColourBrown
  • MotifsHot poker work, Floral panel, Arched handle, Tortoiseshell effect

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Tunbridge Ware refers to wooden decorative items, particularly small boxes, produced in and around Tunbridge Wells in Kent, England, primarily during the 18th and 19th centuries, famous for intricate mosaic wood-block veneer and surface decoration.

These items were traditionally crafted from a variety of British and exotic timbers such as beech, sycamore, and mahogany, often embellished with surface techniques like poker work (pyrography) or precise multi-coloured wood mosaics.

Authenticity is identified by the tight grain of regional hardwoods, traditional hand-cut joinery, aged patination on the finish, and characteristic motifs executed through early pyrography or mosaic construction.

These pieces function well as textural accessories on coffee tables, bookshelves, or sideboards, adding historical depth and organic warmth to contemporary schemes.

Preserve wooden boxes by keeping them out of direct sunlight and away from rapid humidity fluctuations, occasionally applying a microcrystalline wax to protect the historic finish.
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