Anglo-Ceylonese Hexagonal Box with Porcupine Quill and Ebony

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An Anglo-Ceylonese hexagonal box, porcupine quill, ebony and bone, 19th/20th century, 12 cm high, 23 cm wide, 19.5 cm deep

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Ebony - Ebony is a close grained timber, black in colour. It has a fine texture which can be polished to a high gloss, making it suitable for venereering, inlay and stringing and its use as solid timber is resticted to small decorative items and ornamental decoration, such as chess pieces and musical instrument parts. The term "ebonised" means "faux ebony", timber that has been darkened during the polishing process to resemble ebony.

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