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Description:
Ref: 644WB
http://hygra.com/uk/n11/644WB
Rare polychrome penwork writing slope the center of the top
depicting a trading caravan on the Silk Road. A central trader
is aloft an elephant with outriders on horseback. This is one of the
"classic" penwork compositions There is another
version of this image on http://www.hygra.com/penwork/pen2tc.htm
The surround and the sides are painted in a more formal manner
albeit with flowers and leaves. The blooms are are stylized and the
arrangement is symmetrical and orderly in the neoclassical manner of
the late 18th Century. The box dates from the short pivotal period
between neoclassism and naturalism.
This box is a slightly earlier form to http://hygra.com/uk/wb/wb111/index.htm
The sloping surface lifts to reveal a velvet writing surface with a
place for storing papers beneath and compartments for inkwells and
pens. The ink-stained paper lining is original. There are embossed
lion head ring handles to the sides. Circa 1800.
Origin: UK ; Circa:
1800; Materials: penwork
decorated sycamore on a pine carcass.
Size: 28 cm wide by23 cm by 82 cm: 11
inches wide
by 9 inches by 3.2 inches.
Condition: good
overall; there is some wear to the penwork especially at the back.
working lock and key; see images.
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