TWO ANGLO-INDIAN EBONY AND SATINWOOD SMALL CHESTS
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY CEYLON
Each with hinged top above three graduated long drawers, the near contemporary swept bracket feet probably added on arrival in Britain, one with turned ebony handles and bone inlaid medallions, the other with white-metal handles and escutcheons and amboyna inlaid medallions
The white-metal-mounted example: 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep
The other: 21 in. (53.5 cm) high; 28 ¾ in (73 cm.) wide; 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm)
TWO ANGLO-INDIAN EBONY AND SATINWOOD SMALL CHESTS
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY CEYLON
Each with hinged top above three graduated long drawers, the near contemporary swept bracket feet probably added on arrival in Britain, one with turned ebony handles and bone inlaid medallions, the other with white-metal handles and escutcheons and amboyna inlaid medallions
The white-metal-mounted example: 22 ½ in. (57 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 16 in. (41 cm.) deep
The other: 21 in. (53.5 cm) high; 28 ¾ in (73 cm.) wide; 17 ½ in. (44.5 cm)
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