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Charles II beadwork box, circa 1660
The hinged lid designed with a parrot resting in a tree, the four sides with a lion, a castle, a stag and flowers, the inner edge with silvered stencilling and removable panel to one side (at present fixed), with later green silk lining and outer metallic braiding, 16cm wide x 17cm deep x 16.5cm high, (6in wide x 6 1/2in deep x 6in high)
Provenance:
A hand-written label to the underside of the box reads:
‘B.I. 37 / Jewel casket of the 17th century / covered with Bead-work / a very scarce specimen from / the Collection of the ? / William Bird of Mordiford / near Hereford.
There is a 14th century French ivory diptych bearing a label relating it to William Bird of Mordiford, Herefordshire in the collections of the V & A (Museum No. 521-1893). William Bird (1733-1795) of Drybridge House, Hereford and Mordiford, was an attorney and Mayor of Hereford. Following the death of his grandson, Thomas Bird, in 1836, there were several sales dispersing his estate. It is possible that this casket left the Bird collection then.
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