Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 3rd July 2019
Lot 451
λ A late 19th century Anglo-Indian ivory and buffalo horn sewing basket
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £600
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Description
λ A late 19th century Anglo-Indian ivory and buffalo horn sewing basket, the swing handle above two sloping hinged lids, all over lac decorated with flowers, leaves, berries and scrolls, with fret pierced ivory scrolls and beads and panels depicting gods and birds, enclosing a sandalwood interior with two compartments divided by a fret pierced scroll panel, on ivory lion's paw feet, probably Vizagapatam, 24cm high, 31cm wide, 21cm deep.
Provenance: Antigone Clarke & Joseph O'Kelly.