An Early 19thC Painted Pine Box c.1830
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Origin: British
Period: William IV
Provenance: Unknown
Date: c.1830
Depth: 9.5”
Width: 14.25”
Height: 9”
The Interior: 12.5” x 8”
The attractive emerald green painted pine storage box having a vacant interior with its original strap-work blacksmith iron hinges, the whole with a wonderful mottled patina and texture to its surfaces and surviving from the second quarter of the nineteenth century.
The box has some obvious signs of use: there are old scratches and the paintwork has naturally distressed in the appropriate areas with a superb craquelure now akin to tortoiseshell; which is probably due to being placed by a fireside. The lock is lacking.
Trunks date back to pre-medieval times and were made in a large variety of shapes and sizes and from many different materials.
The beautifully time-worn period paint and versatile size of this box makes it highly desirable.
