An Unusual Yellow Pattern ‘Tartan Ware’ Dressing Table Trinket Box

An Unusual Yellow Pattern ‘Tartan Ware’ Dressing Table Trinket Box

Code: 10857

Dimensions:

H: 7.7cm (3")W: 19.8cm (7.8")D: 14.1cm (5.6")

£110.00

An Unusual Yellow Pattern ‘Tartan Ware’ Dressing Table or Trinket Box
Fitted mirror within the lid
Unmarked 
Scottish
Late 19th Century

Measures:-
19.8 cm wide x 14.1 cm deep x 7.7 cm high

A wooden 'tartan ware' box covered in a decorative pattern in an unidentified tartan plaid (possibly a variant of Buchanan?). The interior of the lid fitted with a mirror, the inside varnished deep red. Fitted with a lock (key deficient). 

In her book "Tartanware: Souvenirs from Scotland", Princess Ira Von Furstenberg indicates that "yellow pieces are particularly rare" [1].

[1] p.52, Princess Ira Von Furstenberg "Tartanware: Souvenirs from Scotland", Pavilion Books, London, 1996