florentine-jewel-casket-18th-century
Lot 200
Florentine Jewel Casket, 18th century
Lot Details & Additional Photographs
Italian, rectangular form, with ebonized frame, deeply carved mahogany side panels with griffin and scrollwork design against a stippled ground, the hinged cover with carved and domed panels all surmounted by a fully carved lion passant, velvet lined interior.

7.5 x 10.75 x 7.5 in.

The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Jefferson Penn, Reidsville, NC

Some loss to two corners of hinged lid; minor scattered flaking and chips to the box; the finial broken and re-glued incorrectly with loss to tail.

$0 - 0