19th C Manoah Rhodes and Son Coromandel Wood Domed Table Box Antique

19th C Manoah Rhodes and Son Coromandel Wood Domed Table Box AntiqueCoromandel wood table box, Manoah Rhodes and Son, domed casket with gilt brass mounts displaying Maltese cross motifs, the hinged lid opening to lined interior, maker's mark at interior, Manoah Rhodes and Son were a well documented Anglo Indian firm operating in Calcutta (Kolkata) in the mid late 19th century, specializing in highquality coromandel wood boxs made for the British market 1840s 1880s (box likley 1860 1880) Major export hub during British

Late 19th to Early 20th C Victorian toleware document or valuables box

Desk letter rack/stationary holder

Engraved brass and beautiful marquetry

History: Paolo Veronese Caliari (Italian

published in Paris

and tonal variation

scroll brackets

Switzerland

consistent with mid-19th-century French devotional bindings

very classic colorway for Grand Apparat (Hermès has reissued the design many times in different palettes)

visible as soft rainbow hues across the surface and especially pronounced when backlit

French edition presents parallel Latin and French with commentary - a common aademic format in the 19th century