Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 2nd October 2019

Lot 195

A late George III mahogany knife box

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £320

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Description

A late George III mahogany knife box, inlaid with ebonised and boxwood stringing, the hinged sloping lid inlaid with a parquetry star to the underside and revealing a matrix with seventy-eight apertures, with a serpentine front with an unmarked silver handle and escutcheon, 39.1cm high, 28,7cm wide, 35cm deep.