Victorian wooden Vanity/Jewellery box mother of pearl inlay original interior and contents c1860 Aiyanar The land of Dhaka Club

The land of Dhaka Club was leased out from the Dhaka Nawab Family from their Shahbag garden

– Inverted: becomes a flat base or raised dish with visible feet as a design feature

giving it the kind of irregularity you would expect from a genuine specimen

This is a spy

This figure shows a stylised human form with elongated proportions and a serene facial expression

Victorian wooden Vanity/Jewellery box mother of pearl inlay original interior and contents c1860 Aiyanar The land of Dhaka ClubVictorian wooden Vanity box mother of pearl inlay original interior and contents This box measures 30x23x16 it has a wonderful inlaid mother of pearl and brass design to the top and escutcheon Inside there is a lift out wooden tray with storage compartments (space beneath for jewellery etc) , three glass vessels for perfumes and creams etc one appears to be missing two with worn silver plate lids original working key To the right is a brass button