Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 8th January 2020
Lot 396
A card and wax seal casket
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £480
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Description
A card and wax seal casket, all over decorated with various seals with coats of arms, classical intaglio style portraits and scenes, with a lift-off top revealing a marbled paper interior with three lidded compartments containing further seals and seal cases, above a drawer, on brass claw and ball feet, together with a similar sarcophagus shape box, 8.8cm high, 25.6cm wide (max). (2)
Provenance: Geoffrey Bennison.