AN UNUSUAL ANTIQUARIAN CARVED OAK 'FISHING' BOX IN JACOBEAN STYLE

AN UNUSUAL ANTIQUARIAN CARVED OAK 'FISHING' BOX IN JACOBEAN STYLE

C.1840

the hinged lid carved with various fish and leaves, with an oak leaf edge, the front and sides relief decorated with figures in various pursuits and two portraits, one of Izaac Walton, titled, the vacant interior originally with a lift-out tray

14.2cm high, 44cm wide, 31cm deep

Catalogue Note

Izaak Walton (1593-1683) was an English writer and best known as the author of 'The Compleat Angler'.