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Rare – 1987 Franklin Mint ‘The Raj’ Chess Set "The RAJ" hand painted India-British War 1857, Franklin Mint highest quality metal chess set game year 1...

The board is nicely carved with Rajasthani designs at the rim, the sides and feet are covered with clad silver metal hammered with Moorish Raj designs. In good vintage condition. ...

Hand-carved Anglo Raj early 20th century carved wood box richly decorated overall with arabesques and floral carving. Hinged lid shallow relief carving with interior lined with red r...

Pair of 19th century hand-carved oversized wooden Indian temple horses with poly-chrome decorated sitting a top of a wheeled board.  Large heavy An...

Nice and unusual Indian Mughal style large decorative box, filigree and carved horn. Anglo-Indian footed domed box with exceptional engraved details throughout with filigree and carved veneered bone plaques with arabesque carving. Vizagapatam, late 19th century. History of the Anglo-Indian Boxes Beginning in the early part of the 18th century, Indian artisans made what came to be known as Anglo-Indian boxes for the English residents living in India, who eventually brought or sent them back to England. At the beginning of the 19th century, India began exporting these boxes commercially, although not in any significant numbers until the 1850s. People valued them so highly that manufacturers of tins copied the designs on them in the late 19th and early 20th century. Anglo-Indian boxes fall into four groups: Rosewood or ebony boxes inlaid; sandalwood boxes veneered; sandalwood boxes covered with Sadeli mosaic; and carved boxes often combined with Sadeli mosaic/ The first two categories came from Vizagapatam in East India while the last two came from Bombay in West India. English traders discovered the rich woods and intricate workmanship of Indian artisans, so colonial government officials began to recognize the work of the Indian artists and craftsmen as a source for satisfying the need for furniture and boxes, which would both serve to enhance English households in India. This gave rise to the cabinetmaking workshops in Vizagapatam between Calcutta and Madras. Craftsmen made the first boxes to be decorated with Sadeli mosaic of rosewood or ebony, incised to give further definition to the decoration, directly inlaid into the wood. The shape of the early boxes was either sloping at the front with a flatter section at the back, reminiscent of English writing slopes, or rectangular. Artisans inlaid the borders with stylized floral scrolls and the centers with a single floral motif following a circular or oval symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. The edging was ornamental and protective, both helped protect the end grain against the weather. Made in Vizagapatam, situated on the south east coast of India, near Madras These exotic boxes...

Antique architectural carved wood temple truss fragment from Rajasthan, India. 19th century Hindu temple fragment. This antique fragment were elements...

Pair of mounted antique architectural carved wood fragment from Europe mounted. This antique fragment were elements of a section of...

Anglo Indian painted doors in original frame, wall art These beautiful wooden doors would look fabulous on a wall as decoration or relocated in ...

Antique architectural carved wood temple truss fragment from Rajasthan, India. 19th century Hindu temple fragment. This antique fragment were elem...

Antique architectural carved wood temple fragment from Rajasthan, India.   Made into a wall bracket stand.   19th century Hindu temple fragment. This anti...

Antique architectural carved wood temple truss fragment from Rajasthan, India. Large and heavy wood hand carved fragment architectural temple fragment...

Antique architectural carved wood temple fragment from Rajasthan, India. 19th century Hindu temple fragment. This antique fragment were elements o...

Antique architectural carved wood temple truss fragment from Rajasthan India. Large and heavy wood hand carved fragment architectural temple fra...

Antique architectural carved wood temple truss fragment from Rajasthan India. Large and heavy wood hand carved fragment architectural temple fragment ...

Primitive sculpture of painted wood with multiple deities around Shiva. depicts a wooden statue of Trivikrama, a form of Lord Vishnu. This statue represents Vishnu in his incarnatio...