A NORTH EUROPEAN WALNUT, BURR-WALNUT, FRUITWOOD, MARQUETRY, PEWTER-INLAID AND EBONISED BOX

Prix de départ
£ 5 000
Date de l'enchèreClassic
23.05.2024 10:30UTC +01:00
Auctioneer
CHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événement
Royaume-Uni, London
ID 1225563
Lot 44 | A NORTH EUROPEAN WALNUT, BURR-WALNUT, FRUITWOOD, MARQUETRY, PEWTER-INLAID AND EBONISED BOX
A NORTH EUROPEAN WALNUT, BURR-WALNUT, FRUITWOOD, MARQUETRY, PEWTER-INLAID AND EBONISED BOX
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The hinged lid centred by a cartouche depicting a rider, three huntsmen and a dog, within a dense foliate frame and foliate strapwork, the reverse of the top centred by a bird and butterflies perched on a flower, the borders of the top and side panels further inlaid with scrolling foliage, the top with ebonised moulded edge, plinth base and later bun feet, the underside with rectangular blue-bordered label inscribed '1404'
6 in. (15 cm.) high; 21 in. (53.5 cm.) wide; 15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) deep




Provenance

By repute, Baron Mayer Amschel de Rothschild, Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire and by descent to his daughter
Hannah de Rothschild, wife of the 5th Earl of Rosebery (m. 1878).
By descent to the 7th Earl of Rosebery, Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire; sold Sotheby's house sale, 18-27 May 1977.
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