Three Part Anglo-Indian Chest

An Anglo-Indian brass bound, teak Three Part Campaign Chest.

The top two sections of this chest hold linen press slides behind the doors, four to the top and 3 to the middle section. The slides run on grooves cut into the interior sides of the chest with the brass hinges also cut to allow them to easily slide. The slides are decorated with ebony stringing and lined in white paper. The bottom section has two short and one long drawer with brass skeletal campaign handles. All three sections are united by brass lugs that form part of the brass corner mounts and sit on a separate plinth base.

The doors of the chest are panelled with two pegs to each corner to fix the tenon and mortice joints. The raised and fielded panels have darts carved to the corners and inlaid ebony stringing. The doors have a moulded brass edging, and the locks have distinctive keys. Each section has a pair of brass carrying handles with a heart shaped back plate. The backboard of each section are also panelled.

This is very good quality Anglo-Indian campaign chest from the Goa / Malabar coast region with Portuguese influence in the decoration. It is well made and with good quality, cast brass fittings. The three sections offer plenty of storage whilst the dimensions are narrower than an English campaign chest. Early 19th Century.