© by kind permission of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Elizabethan Medical Box
Artist: English
Location: Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Date: 1558 - 1600
Materials: oak with bog oak and holly parquetry decoration
Dimensions: 22 x 28 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,750 (Total: £15,000)
Vendor: Julian Homer (through Christie's)
Review number: 4869 (2000)
Provenance:
Colonel & Mrs Graham Rees-Mogg 1926-1948; Julian Homer purchased in 1980 from a horse sale in Winchester (Brunell's auctioneers)
Description:
Rounded parquetry lid, body w/ parquetry bans in 'Nonsuch Style'. Hinged lid, underside lined armorial lining paper & silk braids latticed w/ brass tacks. 15 compartments various sizes, 3 boxwood containers. 9 drawers w/ silk pull handles. 4 ball feet.
There are no comments on this artwork
To add comments please login or register.
The Art Fund may edit your comments and not all comments will be published. The Art Fund cannot be help responsible for views expressed by visitors of this website.