19th century Coromandel-wood gaming box by Betjemann
Price: £1150Stock No. 1165/2021/QSA
A superb Coromandel-wood gaming box, ornately decorated externally with Gothic style highly polished brass and agate spheres. Complete with Bezique cards and Cribbage score boards, counters, cribbage pegs.
There is a brass plate to the inside rear of the box for the retailer T.D. Hailey of Bradford, a known associate of the famous box-maker Betjemann and confirmed by the design, style and quality of the workmanship.
Date: c.1860-80
Dimensions: h) 10cm w) 18.5cm d) 19cm