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English oak box


English oak box carved with opposing winged beasts, centered upon a shield-shaped reserve and asymmetric leafage typical of the Devon-area.

Similar carved bestiary appears on a late sixteenth-century box illustrated as cat. 3 in England at the time of the Armada, an exhibition held by the BADA, June, 1989.


Stock No. MARH0168

Dimensions:
 (width, height, depth)
26" x 10" x "15

Origin: Devon, England

Date: circa 1600

Price on application

 
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