Elizabethan Medical Box

English

Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

1558 - 1600

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.

• Medium: oak with bog oak and holly parquetry decoration
• Dimensions: 22 x 28 cm
• Art Fund Grant: £3750 ( Total: £15,000)
• ArtFunded in: 2000
• Vendor: Julian Homer (through Christie's)

Provenance

Colonel & Mrs Graham Rees-Mogg 1926-1948; Brunell's auctioneers; Julian Homer, 1980.

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