Lot 271
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A glass-encrusted and gilt-decorated coffer-on-stand
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A glass-encrusted and gilt-decorated coffer-on-stand

EUROPEAN, 20TH CENTURY

Details
A glass-encrusted and gilt-decorated coffer-on-stand
European, 20th Century
Decorated with multi-coloured glass lustres, with a hinged marblised top and a stepped base with scrolled claw and ball feet
36½in. (92.5cm) high; 48in. (122cm.) wide; 26in. (66cm.) deep
Provenance
The Bute Collection at Mount Stuart, sold Christie's House Sale, Glasgow, 25 March 1996, lot 115
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The chest is likely to have been acquired for Mount Stuart on the Isle of Bute, to add to the existing Byzantine splendour introduced to the mansion by John Critchton-Stuart, 3rd Marquess of Stuart (d. 1900) during the last quarter of the 19th Century

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