Charles II Beadwork Casket, Probably Netherlands, circa 1680
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Rectangular form with domed lid; the black ground with multicoloured glass beads decorated with floral sprays on all sides; the interior lined in red silk
Height 4 3/4 in. by Width 11 in. by Depth 7 1/2 in.
A virtually identical casket, almost certainly from the same workshop, was in the Simon Sainsbury collection, sold Christie’s London, Simon Sainsbury: the Creation of an English Arcadia, June 18, 2008, lot 189.
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