EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A NORTH EUROPEAN BRASS-BOUND KINGWOOD STRONG BOX
EARLY 18TH CENTURY
The rectangular lid enclosing a hinged flap, the hinged-front enclosing two drawers beneath two secret compartments, the rosewood veneered interior with a blank compartment
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high; 14¼ in. (36 cm.) wide; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Strong boxes of this type were made in England and across northern Europe in the late seventeenth and early eighteen century. Examples veneered with kingwood or 'prince's wood' were supplied for the Duke of Lauderdale at Ham House, Surrey and appear in the inventories of 1677 and 1683. The St. Martin's Lane court cabinet-maker Gerret Jensen (d.1715) supplied the 1st Duke of Richmond with a 'strong box' (G.Beard and C. Gilbert, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, Leeds, 1986, p.486).

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