Lot Essay
A related box of the 1830s at Harewood House, Yorkshire is illustrated C. Gilbert and A. Wells-Cole, The Fashionable Fireplace 1660-1840, Leeds, 1985, fig 46.
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20TH CENTURY, OF REGENCY STYLE
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TWO RED AND GILT-JAPANNED TOLE COAL-BOXES
20TH CENTURY, OF REGENCY STYLE
Each decorated overall with chinoiserie patterns, with domed lid and shaped handle, the tapering bodies with lion's mask ring-handles, on repoussé gilt-metal feet, one stamped '16'
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; one 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep; the other 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (32 cm.) deep (2)
20TH CENTURY, OF REGENCY STYLE
Each decorated overall with chinoiserie patterns, with domed lid and shaped handle, the tapering bodies with lion's mask ring-handles, on repoussé gilt-metal feet, one stamped '16'
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; one 19½ in. (49.5 cm.) wide; 14½ in. (37 cm.) deep; the other 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (32 cm.) deep (2)
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