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Rounded parquetry lid, body w/ parquetry bans in 'Nonsuch Style'.
Elizabethan Medical Box by English, 1558 - 1600
© by kind permission of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust
Details
- Medium:
- Oak with bog oak and holly parquetry decoration Dimensions: 22 x 28 cm
- Art Fund grant:
- £3,750 ( Total: £15,000)
- Acquired in:
- 2000
- Vendor:
- Julian Homer (through Christie's)
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.
Provenance
Colonel & Mrs Graham Rees-Mogg 1926-1948; Brunell's auctioneers; Julian Homer, 1980.
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