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AN ITALIAN CARVED WALNUT CASKET
The rectangular hinged strapwork-carved lid surmounted by a foliate-carved finial, enclosing a velvet-lined interior, the frieze carved with a shield flanked by winged griffins, the reverse inscribed Siena, on gadrooned base and scrolled supports
8in. (20cm) wide;
and a rectangular moulded oak desk paperweight, with canted corners, surmounted by a velvet panel onlaid with various bronze portrait medallions, 8in. (20cm) wide (2)
The rectangular hinged strapwork-carved lid surmounted by a foliate-carved finial, enclosing a velvet-lined interior, the frieze carved with a shield flanked by winged griffins, the reverse inscribed Siena, on gadrooned base and scrolled supports
8in. (20cm) wide;
and a rectangular moulded oak desk paperweight, with canted corners, surmounted by a velvet panel onlaid with various bronze portrait medallions, 8in. (20cm) wide (2)