Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 4th July 2018

Lot 415

A Victorian engine turned ebony box and cover

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £280

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Description

A Victorian engine turned ebony box and cover, containing a large quantity of treen counters, in various woods, the underside of the lid with a handwritten label inscribed 'This box is of green ebony, the counters of Eucaliptus, Fiji, Australian native pear, african satin wood, Black ebony', 11.3cm diameter.

Provenance: Althorp House, Northamptonshire.