LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND INLAID VASE-SHAPED KNIFE BOX
LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
Decorated with rosewood crossbanding and boxwood and chequered lines, old repairs to the lid
27in. (69cm.) high, 11in. (28cm.) diameter

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Lot Essay

A very similar vase-shaped knife box, the body divided by vertical lines of stringing, is illustrated, Fig 9, in The Dictionary of English Furniture, Percy Macquoid and Ralph Edwards, Vol II, pp276, Country Life, London, 1954.

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