This is a stunning antique Victorian Coromandel travelling case, circa 1860 in date. This traveling case is made of rare coromandel wood and features a brass borders and plaques. The interior is well fitted with five Sheffield silver plated topped jars and two bottles, and a set of four sterling silver mounted manicure tools by K & L of Birmingham,displayed on purple velvet. The case can be safely locked with the original key. It is a beautiful piece which would look stunning on your dressing table. Condition:In excellent condition. Please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm:Height 14 x Width 34 x Depth 24 Dimensions in inches:Height 5 inches x Width 1 foot, 1 inch x Depth 9 inches Calamander wood or Coromandel 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: A3031Height is 14cm (5.5inches)
Width is 34cm (13.4inches)
Depth is 24cm (9.4inches)