Chip Carved Indian Merchants Box From Rajasthan - 19thC Finish - Inlay traditionally associated with strength

traditionally associated with strength

Made from rosewood and hand beaten brass

but as the provenance states this is of a good age

Wired and PAT tested in our UK workshop

73 x 5 x 117 (wxdxh cms)

Chip Carved Indian Merchants Box From Rajasthan - 19thC Finish - Inlay traditionally associated with strengthAn exceptionally well carved merchants cash box. This one is beautifully patinated with chip carved roundels on all four sides and carving on the top. It has the original iron fittings and has been sympathetically restored in our Indigo restoration workshop 19thC From Rajasthan Used in the old days by Indian merchants and traders in the bazars for storing their cash and ledgers. These boxes make fantastic gifts, so useful to keep everything from T. V