A new box - did I get it right?

Bought this box from Etsy, seller says walnut but it looks like coromandel to me. @808 raver What do you think?

And these two has exactly same dimensions!

 

Just noticed there's inscription on the hinge: R.Moors Registered Sept 1845

 

Looks like P. Moore on the hinge to my eye

 

Haha just double checked yes you're right

 

There was a Paul Moore & Co out of Birmingham making hinges in the mid-1800s

 

Wow thank you! First time buying a box with maker's mark on hinges

 

I also found some patent info for the same company that matches the date on your hinges.

Description:
Useful Registered Design Number: 19.

Proprietor: Paul Moore.

Address: Birmingham, Warwickshire.

Subject: Stop butt hinge.

Category: Locks, Latches, Bolts, Fastenings, Lock Furniture for Doors, Safes, Strong-Boxes and Rooms.

Date: 1843 Sept 27

 

Thank you for your research, that's very interesting to learn!

 

I wonder if it is rosewood?

 

Seems to me it doesn't matter whether it is made from walnut, coromandel or rosewood, you've got something worth having.

 

The darker bands on another box in my pics are made from rosewood, it does not has these tiger like patterns, and would be brighter in tone overall

 

Yes agree, but feel lucky as I always want a coromandel box!

 

Love the box. My vote goes to rosewood.
My coromandel carvings have more straight, parallel lines. There are other tropical hardwoods that look similar to coromandel, it can be difficult to tell them apart.
@verybrad ?

 

I think coromandel is right. There are some other exotic woods such as zebrawood that look similar but, given that this is an antique box, coromandel is most likely.

 

Another vote for coromandel. You’ve got a treasure!!

 

Yes you can see the front panel (and two side panels not photographed here) has more parallel line patterns, depending on where the veneer was cut from?

 

Thanks

 

Zebrawood... I'll call coromandel tigerwood

 

Shamster-Nice box.May I ask how old you were when you started collecting ?

 

Well I'm just collecting a range of antiques for two years after I got a job, so 20? And my wood box collection only starts in 2024