Name: Victorian Coromandel Brass Banded Jewellery and Dressing Box, 1873, 19th Century
Brand: Jenner and Knewstub
Rating: 5 (103 reviews)

Victorian Coromandel Brass Banded Jewellery and Dressing Box, 1873, 19th Century

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About the Item

This is an exceptional high-quality antique English Victorian coromandel and brass banded jewellery box and dressing casket by the renowned manufacturers of boxes and caskets, Jenner & Knewstub of London, and dated March 1873. This splendid dressing casket is rectangular in shape and features a luxurious double-strung thick brass border, with the centre of the lid displaying a Gothic initialled monogram engraved with the initials 'CMK'. It is fitted with a superb Bramah locking mechanism which is in exceptionally good order and iy opens to reveal a magnificent interior with three rectangular compartments ready to store your precious items. The underside of the lid has a hidden catch which opens to reveal a "billet-doux" compartment with a blue velvet backed reversible mirror which can be removed to reveal a secret fitted grooming compartment. Moreover, there is a push button to the centre which when pressed releases a spring-operated hidden drawer fitted with a large velvet lined compartment and a ring stand. The interior of the casket bears the brass plaque of the retailer and manufacturer 'Jenner & Knewstub 33 St James St, London' as well as two brass plaques placed near the opening mechanism that are engraved 'Bramah London'. It comes complete with its two keys and tassels. This is a remarkable coromandel jewellery and dressing casket, which is sure to bring opulence wherever is placed. Condition: In excellent condition having been cleaned and waxed in our workshops, with only minor signs of wear consistent with age and use, please see photos for confirmation. Dimensions in cm: Height 21 x width 34 x depth 25 Dimensions in inches: Height 8.3 x width 13.4 x depth 9.8 Jenner & Knewstub, London Established circa 1856 by Frederick Jenner and Fabian James Knewstub, they were located at 33 St James’s Street, and then later in 1862, at 66 Jermyn Street, London. Their work was displayed at the International Exhibition of 1862 and at the International Exposition of 1878 in Paris. They quickly obtained many royal warrants including those to the Russian royal family and Queen Victoria. Whilst its not certain when Charles Louis Faber had joined in partnership, his retirement in 1886 left Jenner and Knewstub themselves to continue on the business. The company was liquidated in 1889 and absorbed into the business of A. Webster & Co. at 60 Piccadilly, London, retaining the Jenner & Knewstub name as a limited company. 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.

Creator:
Jenner and Knewstub (Maker)
Dimensions:
Height: 8.27 in (21 cm)Width: 13.39 in (34 cm)Depth: 9.85 in (25 cm)
Style:
Victorian (Of the Period)
Materials and Techniques:
Brass,Wood
Place of Origin:
England
Period:
1870-1879
Date of Manufacture:
1873
Condition:
Seller Location:
London, GB
Reference Number:
Seller: 09959a1stDibs: LU950618024231

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