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Elizabethan Medical Box

Unknown artist, 1558–1600

© by kind permission of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust

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.

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Title of artwork, date

Elizabethan Medical Box, 1558–1600

Date supported

2000

Medium and material

Oak with bog oak and holly parquetry decoration

Dimensions

22 x 28 cm

Grant

3750

Total cost

15000

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