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The Weld Blundell amber cabinet
Artist: Polish (Polish)
Location: Walker Art Gallery
Date: circa 1700
Materials: amber & ivory on oak structure with brass fittings
Dimensions: 46 x 34 x 25cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £104,939 (Total: £539,755)
Vendor: Harris Lindsay and Mallet
Review number: 5156 (2002)
Provenance:
Blundell family, Ince Blundell Hall, Lancashire probably from circa 1806; by descent to the Weld family, Lulworth Castle, Dorset; Malletts with Harris Lindsay, 1998.
Description:
The two-door amber cabinet is decorated with ivory reliefs and adorned with brass fittings; it has nine drawers around a central mirrored architectural compartment. The drawer interiors are as elaborately embellished as the exterior. Made in Danzig (Poland).
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