Dutch Colonial Writing Box With Brass Mounts, 18th Century

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Object description :

"Dutch Colonial Writing Box With Brass Mounts, 18th Century"

The interior is divided into several compartments for an inkwell, sand dispenser, quills and papers. A similar walnut writing box that belonged to Joan van Hoorn, Governor-General of the VOC in Batavia (Jakarta), 1704-1709, is exhibited in the Tropenmuseum in Amsterdam. Writing boxes for papers, quills and inkwells were a basic requirement for officials and merchants of the East India Company in the distant trading posts. They were obliged to write regular communications on anything that might be of interest to the High Government of the Company in Batavia (Jakarta).
50 x 36 cm, height 14 cm

Price: 600 €

Period: 18th century
Style: Other Style
Condition: Condition of use

Material: Solid wood
Length: 50 x 36 cm

Reference: 1506094
Availability: In stock