AN ANGLO-PERSIAN METAL DISPATCH BOX BY ALLIBHOY VALLIJEE & SONS 1897

Reference: ART3004878

A painted steel dispatch box with interior fitted for writing. The case has a lock, the black interior with gilded borders, a central panel enclosing roundel of floral leafy sprays, surrounded by a diaper band contains cartouches enclosing Persian calligraphy in nastaliq script. The cover and the sides elegantly painted and gilt with flowers and foliage and Persian calligraphy.
30 by 43 cm.
Height: 18.8 cm.