The lid carved to its centre with a gentleman wearing a wig, a doublet and cape, encircled by a laurel-carved wreath, against a scroll-edged cartouche, the front board with a pair of half-length portraits of a man and his wife, with high collars, both within a strapwork, scroll-edged frame, a bunch of pendant fruits beneath the shield-shaped iron lockplate, the ends carved with further bunches of fruit between foliated scrolls, articulated iron bale handle to lid, 42cm wide x 31cm deep x 17.5cm high, (16 1/2in wide x 12in deep x 6 1/2in high)
The lid carved to its centre with a gentleman wearing a wig, a doublet and cape, encircled by a laurel-carved wreath, against a scroll-edged cartouche, the front board with a pair of half-length portraits of a man and his wife, with high collars, both within a strapwork, scroll-edged frame, a bunch of pendant fruits beneath the shield-shaped iron lockplate, the ends carved with further bunches of fruit between foliated scrolls, articulated iron bale handle to lid, 42cm wide x 31cm deep x 17.5cm high, (16 1/2in wide x 12in deep x 6 1/2in high)
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.jpg "Source: Christie's")
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