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Double Tiered Pull Out Shelves

From our Jewellery Box collection, we are delighted to offer this rare, unique Coromandel Tiered Jewellery Box by George Betjemann. The Jewellery Box of rectangular form beautifully veneered in exotic Coromandel with engraved gilded brass scrollwork to the lid finished with a central monogram and round rivets. The Jewellery box opens from the front pushing the lid up revealing the royal blue cushioned velvet lining with silk water paper, following the lid hinging back the front drops down to reveal a smaller area for jewellery to be placed when opened. The tiered levels can then be accessed by lifting the left and/or right side up and outwards elevating each tier with the brass brackets seen from the front. Once fully extended the Jewellery Box reveals multiple different compartments with different partitions for various jewellery. To the rear of the Jewellery Box is the manufacture and retailers plaque for Betjemann makers London. The Coromandel Tiered Jewellery Box by George Betjemann dates to the late 19th century during the Victorian period circa 1875.

Measurements (Inches) 7 High x 13.8 Wide x 8.66 Deep

The Coromandel Tiered Jewellery Box George Betjemann comes complete with a working lock and tasselled key

Coromandel is a valuable wood found in India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia. It has a contrasting hazel-brown colour with black grain. It is a dense, heavy wood that is so popular it has been logged to extinction over the last few hundred years.

Betjemann & Sons George Betjemann started as an apprentice cabinet maker from a young age working for his Father in Law. In 1848, his two sons George William Betjemann and John Betjemann joined him under apprenticeships until 1846 when George William Betjemann started his own business with his two sons. In 1859 George moved to a new premises on Pentonville road, London. This was when the business became known as ‘Betjemann & Sons’. John Betjemann was grandfather of the later famous poet laureate Sir John Betjemann.

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