A GILT WOOD CASKET CONTAINING TREEN AND MINERALS BELIEVED TO BE FROM THE GROTTO CREATED BY ALEXANDER POPE

19TH CENTURY

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A GILT WOOD CASKET CONTAINING TREEN AND MINERALS BELIEVED TO BE FROM THE GROTTO CREATED BY ALEXANDER POPE
19TH CENTURY
The gilt wood box fitted with a set of four yew wood lidded flasks, a boxwood bottle and cover, minerals, a piece of root, all with hand-written labels of provenance
13½ in. (34 cm.) wide overall (12)

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Lot Essay

Alexander Pope created a grotto at his Twickenham house in 1720. Labels to the interior state that the paper lining of the box is wall paper from the house and the casket is made from 'the gilt border of the Grand Saloon'

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