Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art
Important Americana: Furniture and Folk Art
Property from the Estates of Dudley & Constance Godfrey
Charles II Beadwork Casket, Probably Netherlands, circa 1680
Lot Closed
January 21, 03:55 PM GMT
Estimate
4,000 - 6,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from the Estates of Dudley & Constance Godfrey
Charles II Beadwork Casket
Probably Netherlands
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
Height 4 3/4 in. by Width 11 in. by Depth 7 1/2 in.
Leslie Maas
Milwaukee Art Museum, Strung, Woven, Knitted and Sewn: Beadwork from Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas, November 21, 1997 - January 18, 1998
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.