Jewellery box
Maker & role
Unknown
Production date
circa 1820
See full details
Object detail
Production place
Collection
Measurements
H: 8 x W: 26 x D: 19.5cm (H: 80 x W: 260 x D: 195mm)
Credit line
Purchase, 2006
Elizabeth Bay House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Elizabeth Bay House Collection, Museums of History New South Wales
Caption
Jewellery box, c1820
Description
An Anglo-Indian micromosaic jewellery box, made in India in the Delhi trade in the first half of the nineteenth century c. 1820. The sandalwood box was purchased by the vendor in northern Tasmania and is in fairly original condition and mostly complete, with removable blue silk lined tray fashioned to hold items of women’s jewellery including bracelets and rings and light green (silk) lined lid. There is evidence of wear and tear consistent with reasonable use with some small pieces of lid decoration missing.
This modest, intricately decorated box significantly adds to the Principal Bedroom dressing table reflecting the passage from England to Australia of the Macleays and their continued association with India through their daughter Rosa Pooley Onslow. Objects of feminine toilette from the early nineteenth century are rarely available due to their repetitive daily use and age.
This modest, intricately decorated box significantly adds to the Principal Bedroom dressing table reflecting the passage from England to Australia of the Macleays and their continued association with India through their daughter Rosa Pooley Onslow. Objects of feminine toilette from the early nineteenth century are rarely available due to their repetitive daily use and age.
Accession number
EB2006/2-1:2
Share
Maker
Object name
Subject
Contact Us
Head Office
The Mint, 10 Macquarie St
Sydney, NSW 2000
On Gadigal land
T 02 8239 2288
TTY 02 8239 2377
E info@mhnsw.au
Public comments
Be the first to comment on this object record.