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A BEAUTIFUL 17TH CENTURY NORTH ITALIAN CASKET. CIRCA 1650.

A BEAUTIFUL 17TH CENTURY NORTH ITALIAN CASKET. CIRCA 1650.

THIS BEAUTIFUL CARVED AND POLYCHROMED CASKET WAS MOST PROBABLY GIVEN S A LOVE GIFT, THE DOMED TOP CARVED WITH TWO LOVE KNOTS.

ORIGINAL HINGES, HASP, LOCKPLATE AND HANDLE REMAIN. IT ALSO RETAINS THE MAJORITY OF ITS ORIGINAL POLYCHROME DECORATION.

PRIVATE COLLECTION- THE MANOR HOUSE, STANFORD IN THE VALE, OXFORDSHIRE.

STOCK NO 1929.