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A rare Charles II beadwork box, circa 1660
Worked mainly in blue, green, brown and white beads, the lid designed with a young man before a young woman seated beneath a tree and playing a lute, a palace in the distance, the front panel with a lion and unicorn, the side panels with insects, birds, animals, trees and flowers, the whole bound in silver thread braid, the pink silk and paper lined interior with compartments for bottles [two present] and sliding divisions to reveal hidden drawers, having a central mirrored-glass lined tray, 33cm wide x 24cm deep x 18cm high, (12 1/2in wide x 9in deep x 7in high)
Provenance:
Purchased from Trevor Micklem Antiques Ltd., Tiverton, Devon, 22 June 1978, [£1,900]. Noted on the receipt as ‘extremely fine’ and ‘in exceptionally good condition’.
A comparable box, from the Irvin and Anita Schorsch Collection sold Sotheby’s, New York, 22-22 January 2016, Lot 606 [$15,000]; another dome-lidded example from the Simon Sainsbury Collection sold Christie’s, London, 18 June 2008, Lot 189, [£10,000].
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