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Tortoiseshell Pocket-Box With Carnations

Stock No

5746

Member since
2015
  • £595.00
  • €688 Euro
  • $798 US Dollar

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Item Description

A fine tortoiseshell pocket box delicately decorated with a gold and silver wire sprig of carnations and an alighting butterfly.

From the seventeenth century the carnation was a widely understood symbol of blossoming love, especially in Dutch art; Holland being a possible place of origin for this fine box. Over the centuries the flower has also variously symbolized womanhood, purity, motherhood and resistance.

dia:3 inches x .75 inches

 

 

Item Info

Seller

WALPOLES

Seller Location

London, London

Period

18th Century & Earlier

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Location

London, London

Item Location

United Kingdom

Seller Contact No

+44 (0)207 7275263

+44 (0)7831 561042

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