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A GOTHIC REVIVAL TREFOIL FORM CARVED AND PAINTED WALNUT HINGED BOX

CIRCA 1860

    Price Realised USD 1,386
    Estimate
    USD 1,500 - USD 2,500
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    A GOTHIC REVIVAL TREFOIL FORM CARVED AND PAINTED WALNUT HINGED BOX

    CIRCA 1860

    Price Realised USD 1,386
    Price Realised USD 1,386
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    The trefoil top and body carved with tracery and painted with biblical and allegorical scenes, the border of the top with painted text reading GLORY BE TO GOD ON HIGH AND IN EARTH PEACE GOODWILL TOWARDS MEN, the hinged lid with double clasp opening to fitted interior
    2 in. (5 cm.) high, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) wide
    Provenance
    Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 18 June 1996, lot 549.
    Acquired by Ann and Gordon Getty from the above.
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