An Anglo-Indian teak, ebony and ivory inlaid armorial writing or document box, Vizagapatam, first half 18th century

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For comparison see an early 18th century document box with an armorial device illustrated by Amin Jaffir, Furniture from British India & Ceylon, London, 2001, p. 179, fig. 79.