A VICTORIAN BRASS BOUND COROMANDEL TRAVELLING TOILET BOX DULEEP SINGH INTEREST

the silver fittings by Thomas Whitehouse, London 1868, the brass bound case with brass stringing, the hinged cover inlaid in brass with a shield inscribed FROM VR TO MAHARAJA above a crowned lion and a ribbon inscribed DULEEP SINGH, the front with a shield escutcheon above a ribbon inscribed 6th SEPTEMBER, opening to a blue velvet lined fitted interior with a hinged mirror to the cover, fitted with cut glass jars and bottles with silver covers, a silver mounted rectangular box and a cased manicure set, above a fitted drawer containing photographs and prints of the Maharaja. 21.5cm high, 33cm wide, 25cm deep, Maharaja Duleep Singh (1838-1893), the last ruler of the Sikh Empire, was deposed as a child following the Second Anglo-Sikh War and came to England in 1854, where he was received at court and became a favourite of Queen Victoria. He was born on 6th September 1838, and the ribbon to the front suggests that the box was given to him as a birthday present

Estimate:£1,000

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