A CHARLES II STUMPWORK WRITING-CASKET
CIRCA 1670
Applied with coloured silk embroidered panels depicting ladies outside a palace, huntsmen, a courting couple, and a colonial scene, the hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior with secret drawers and two glass bottles, above a pair of doors enclosing a drawer, on later silvered feet; losses
8½ in. (22 cm.) high; 12¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) deep
A CHARLES II STUMPWORK WRITING-CASKET
CIRCA 1670
Applied with coloured silk embroidered panels depicting ladies outside a palace, huntsmen, a courting couple, and a colonial scene, the hinged lid enclosing a fitted interior with secret drawers and two glass bottles, above a pair of doors enclosing a drawer, on later silvered feet; losses
8½ in. (22 cm.) high; 12¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) deep
