Stunning antique late 1800s Victorian English Tunbridge marquetry tea caddy. The exterior pattern is amazing and the interior is just as good! Original working key. There’s minimal wear to this beauty! Clean and perfect inside and out. Please ask for more pictures, if needed.
Tunbridge ware is a form of decoratively inlaid woodwork, typically in the form of boxes, that is characteristic of Tonbridge and the spa town of Royal Tunbridge Wells in Kent in the 18th and 19th centuries. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods that form a pictorial vignette. Shaped rods and slivers of wood were first carefully glued together, then cut into many thin slices of identical pictorial veneer with a fine saw. Elaborately striped and feathered bandings for framing were pre-formed in a similar fashion.
8l x 5w x 5h
Please remember that these items are antique, vintage, or pre loved and show signs of their previous life. They are not perfect. Any major disclaimers will be noted.
