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Antique Irish Coromandel Jewellery Box by Austin of Dublin

$3,166.63
£2,300
€2,709.05
CA$4,338.13
A$4,813.52
CHF 2,521.43
MX$59,026.67
NOK 32,071.66
SEK 30,274.28
DKK 20,203.12
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Signed Thomas and George Austin Manufactures Dublin From our Jewellery Box collection, we are pleased to offer this Antique Coromandel Jewellery Box by Austin of Dublin. The Jewellery Box of rectangular form veneered in exotic Coromandel and edged in brass with a circular brass vacant initial plaque to the lid framed in double stringing and matching circular brass barrel escutcheon to the front. The exterior of the Jewellery Box is finished with double brass stringing framing the front and top panel. When opened the Jewellery Box reveals an inner reversible mirror which can be removed to access document storage in the rear. The document storage is signed with a gold impressed mark for Manufactures Thomas and George Austin of Dublin. To the top of the Jewellery Box is a removable partitioned tray lined in royal blue silk water paper with cushioned velvet pads including ring and/or cufflink storage. The tray lifts out via two small brass tabs to access the larger jewellery storage below. To the rear of the tray is a push button which is signed Austin Dublin, when pressed it activates the spring loaded jewellery drawer to the front of the box which contains a writing pad to the top with gold tooling and a small tab to access the jewellery storage. The Jewellery Box dates to the middle of the Victorian period circa 1860 during the reign of Queen Victoria. The Antique Coromandel Jewellery Box comes complete with a working lock and tasselled key. Measurements (inches) 6.7 x 12 x 8.9 Austin (George) was a cabinet maker in Dublin starting in the early 1800s and the business traded throughout the 1800s. He specialised in campaign furniture with portable writing desks, dressing cases and decanter boxes. His son Thomas joined the business around the 1840s and was just as skilled as his father with both winning numerous awards from Dublin exhibitions and being commended for their work at The Great Exhibition in London. Coromandel is a valuable wood found in India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It has a contrasting hazel-brown colour with black grain. It is a dense, heavy wood that is so popular it has been logged to extinction over the last few hundred years. Victorian, an era of British History corresponding approximately with the reign of Queen Victoria from the 20th of June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901 however, there are arguments stating that the Victorian era is actually from 1820 until 1914 proceeded by Georgian era and followed by the Edwardian era.

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