λ AN ANGLO-INDIAN VIZAGAPATAM IVORY AND CARVED SANDALWOOD SEWING BOX
Vizagapatam, Andhra Pradesh, India, early 19th century

Of typical rectangular shape, imitating the design of a jewellery casket or sarcophagus, resting on four rounded and gadrooned ivory feet, rising to an everted hinged lid with an ivory sunburst section at the top with a double rosette ivory finial in the centre, the edges enhanced with incised and black-painted decorative bands with lush vine trellis, foliage and grape bunches, a typical motif of the Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam ivory production, the interior divided into two levels, the upper level made of a lift-out tray with several open and lidded compartments, the plain lower level constituting an extra storage element, 25cm x 19.5cm x 14.5cm.

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