Furniture & Works of Art - 7th October 2014
Lot 296
λ A Victorian Tunbridge ware and rosewood sewing box
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £720
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Description
λ A Victorian Tunbridge ware and rosewood sewing box, of waisted form, decorated with bands of floral mosaic, the hinged lid centred with a view of Warwick Castle, the interior with a silk lined letter pouch to the lid above a dived lift-out tray fitted with mother of pearl cotton reel holders and with various utensils, needle books, scissors, tweezers, a button hook and with two Tunbridge ware parquetry inlaid brushes, 11.6cm high, 30.5cm wide, 25.7cm deep.
Provenance: The Dr. Lawrie Webster Collection of Boxes.