A CHARLES II BEADWORK CASKET, POSSIBLY DUTCH, CIRCA 1680 |

of rectangular form with domed lid; the black ground with multicoloured glass beads decorated with floral sprays on all sides; the interior lined in red silk

Leslie Maas

Milwaukee Art Museum, Strung, Woven, Knitted and Sewn: Beadwork from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas, November 21, 1997 - January 18, 1998

In good condition overall with scattered losses to beads. Interior silk lining with wear and discolouration consistent with age.
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A virtually identical casket, almost certainly from the same workshop, was in the Simon Sainsbury collection, sold Christie's London, Simon Sainsbury: the Creation of an English Arcadia, June 18, 2008, lot 189.