Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 21st October 2020
Lot 314
A LARGE VICTORIAN CARVED MAHOGANY FOLK ART TEA CHEST POSSIBLY IRISH
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £700
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Description
A LARGE VICTORIAN CARVED MAHOGANY FOLK ART TEA CHEST
POSSIBLY IRISH, MID-19TH CENTURY
of sarcophagus form, all over carved with bands of leaves, the hinged lid with a seated farmer holding a gun with his dog and a dead hare, the naturalistic base strewn with shamrocks, the body with relief panels of figures with deer, a stag, a bear with vines and the back with bulrushes, the corners with lion monopodia, the interior with twin lidded divisions flanking a cut-glass sugar bowl, with a Hobbs & Co brass lock
30.7cm high, 37cm wide, 22.6cm deep