Box
Indian - (Vizagapatam, Madras) School
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
circa 1800
Materials
Ivory and sandalwood
Measurements
208 x 137 x 60 mm
Place of origin
India
Order this imageCollection
Powis Castle and Garden, Powys
NT 1183943.4
Summary
One of three ensuite ivory veneered sandalwood lined boxes. Part of the gaming set housed in the reversible chess/backgammon board a wooden carcass with ivory, sandalwood and blackwood veneers, the ivory decorated with neo-classical garlands filled with black lacquer. The backgammon board with the monogram 'E.C.' in a central medallion on the centre of each half. The ensuite boxes of which this is one were made to house: a set of conventional European chessman, the black pieces of horn, and the white pieces of ivory; a pair of turned sandalwood dice cups with ivory trim; and backgammon counters of turned ivory and sandalwood. E.India (Vizagapatam), c.1800. See catalogue 'Treasures from India' pg.83.
Provenance
Intialled E.C. for Edward Clive. Either for Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis (III) (1754-1839) or his son Edward Clive, 2nd Earl of Powis (III) (1785-1848). Recorded in 1944 Inventory as ‘An 18in inlaid ivory and sandalwood backgammon board containing 2 ivory and sandalwood boxes chess and draughtsmen and 2 ivory and sandalwood dice throwers' in Tapestry Drawing Room (Blue Drawing Room). Purchased by the National Trust from John George Herbert, 8th Earl of Powis and the Powis Estate Trustees in June 2010.
Makers and roles
Indian - (Vizagapatam, Madras) School , maker