VIZAGAPATAM WORKMANSHIP (c.1680-1900)

Indian Vizagapatam Writing Box or Slope. (c. 1820 India)

Indian Vizagapatam Writing Box or Slope. (India)

Item Stock Code

1120

Item Medium Description

Sandal wood.

European Dimensions

38.00 cm wide 12.00 cm high 28.00 cm deep

UK/USA Converted Dimensions

14.96 inches wide 4.72 inches high 11.02 inches deep

Item Description / Dealer Expertise

An early 19th century Indian Vizagapatam writing slope.

The box is made from sandal wood and is veneered with ivory that has been engraved and filled with lac, the ivory frames panels of sandal wood lats.

The box when open has more Vizagapatam decoration surrounding the writing slope and the edge of the box is veneered with horn.

To the top edge of the interior are compartments to hold pens, a ruler and ink wells, only one ink well is fitted while the pen compartment has a horn pen tray.

The box is in original condition which is very good, some of the lac is slightly rubbed. The box does have a working lock and key. (Circa 1820)

VIZAGAPATAM WORKMANSHIP

Type	Artist/Maker
Country of origin	India
Started working	Circa 1680
Stopped working	1900

Vizagapatam on the northern Coromandel coast is a natural harbour midway between Calcutta and Madras. The British East India Company had a trading station there from 1668 and by 1756 the whole area had come under British control. From the late 17th century a tradition grew in Vizagapatam for the manufacture of objects and furniture of Western form, decorated in a distinctive manner, all being inlaid or veneered with ivory etched with black lac. The decoration was drawn from Mogul culture, brilliantly adapted to appeal to western taste. A visitor there in 1756, Major John Corneille, recorded that Vizagapatam was ‘famous for its inlay work, and justly, for they do it to the greatest perfection’.

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