A Mughal ivory-inlaid wood Cabinet from the collection of Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913) Gujarat or Sindh, circa 1700A Mughal ivory-inlaid wood Cabinet from the collection of Field Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913) Gujarat or Sindh, circa 1700of rectangular form with drop front opening to reveal nine compartments with eight drawers, brass handles to each side, brass lock-plate and two suspension loops to front, profusely inlayed in ivory and bone with a panel of foliate sprays to the front, back and sides with a repeat design of quatrefoil motifs, the borders with rosettes, the drawers mounted to the front with painted openwork bone panels backed with gold foil, inlaid rosette borders, oval silver plaque to the back engraved 'Bought by General Lord Wolseley at Cairo 1885' 46 x 28 x 26 cm.ProvenanceField Marshal Garnet Joseph Wolseley, 1st Viscount Wolseley (1833-1913), according to an engraved silver plaque on the back of the box.Formerly in a Danish Private collection acquired in London circa 1950.Field Marshal Wolseley was an Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army. He became one of the most influential and admired British generals after a series of successes in Canada, West Africa and Egypt, followed by a central role in modernising the British Army in promoting efficiency. His reputation for efficiency led to the late 19th century English phrase "everything's all Sir Garnet", meaning, all is in order. He served in Burma, the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny, China, Canada and widely throughout Africa— including the Ashanti campaign (1873–1874) and the Nile Expedition against Mahdist Sudan in 1884–85. Wolseley served as Commander-in-Chief of the Forces from 1895 to 1900. The chest was acquired by Wolseley during his short stay in Cairo just after accomplishing the Nile Expedition (1884-1885). Wolseley reached Cairo on the 11th of April 1885 and was met by Lady Wolseley and his daughter. He was provided with lodgings in the Kasr-el-Noussa Palace by the Khedive.The item within this lot containing ivory has been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10), reference no.3TP8KWUF.