Spetchley - Property from the Berkeley Collection

A GOLD-MOUNTED PIQUÉ TORTOISESHELL BODKIN CASE, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1740

Restricted Species

Auction Closed

December 11, 04:05 PM GMT

Estimate

1,200 - 1,800 GBP

Lot Details

Description

A GOLD-MOUNTED PIQUÉ TORTOISESHELL BODKIN CASE, ENGLISH, CIRCA 1740

of tapering form, decorated overall with gold piqué flowers and dragonflies, the lid chased with a sunflower, flower-shaped pushpiece, later control marks; together with a red vernis Martin bodkin case, the top lacquered with rabbits and the case with a spaniel pursuing water fowl; and a green double-opening vernis Martin bodkin case, tortoiseshell-lined, the body lacquered with bucolic figures amidst classical ruins

10cm. high; 4in., 12.4cm. high; 4 7/8. in., 14.8cm. high; 5 7/8. in.

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Ellen Willmott (1858-1934)

Inventory, 1949, 'A BODKIN CASE, painted with animals on red ground; A BODKIN CASE, painted with landscape on green ground' in the Louis XVI style Kingwood Specimen Table