CIRCA 1790

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III SATINWOOD, AMARANTH AND MARQUETRY KNIFE BOXES
CIRCA 1790
Of serpentine form, the hinged lids inlaid with a foliate garland around a spiralled rosette, with fitted interior and flowerhead-inlaid body on bracket feet
14¾in. (37cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) wide, 11½in. (29cm.) deep (2)

Provenance

with Ginsburg & Levy, New York.
A New York Private Collector; Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 13 November 1953, lot 175.
William H. Vander Poel, purchased in the above sale.
Thence by descent to his son.

Lot Essay

Thomas Sheraton's The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Drawing-Book of 1793 includes a closely related pattern for a 'knifecase', pl.39. While the top of the case features a flowering urn within crossed branches, Sheraton notes that the top 'sometimes has only an inlaid patera'.

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