A LARGE VICTORIAN CARVED MAHOGANY FOLK ART TEA CHEST POSSIBLY IRISH

A LARGE VICTORIAN CARVED MAHOGANY FOLK ART TEA CHEST

POSSIBLY IRISH, MID-19TH CENTURY

of sarcophagus form, all over carved with bands of leaves, the hinged lid with a seated farmer holding a gun with his dog and a dead hare, the naturalistic base strewn with shamrocks, the body with relief panels of figures with deer, a stag, a bear with vines and the back with bulrushes, the corners with lion monopodia, the interior with twin lidded divisions flanking a cut-glass sugar bowl, with a Hobbs & Co brass lock

30.7cm high, 37cm wide, 22.6cm deep