A PRISONER-OF-WAR STRAW-WORK CASKET
MADE BY NAPOLEONIC PRISONERS, LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The interior with fresh colours divided into compartments and drawers, the inside of the lid decorated with a house and chapel and other decoration of figures fishing, the exterior with parquetry decoration. An old card inside attributing the box to Lewes prison.
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) wide
A PRISONER-OF-WAR STRAW-WORK CASKET
MADE BY NAPOLEONIC PRISONERS, LATE 18TH EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The interior with fresh colours divided into compartments and drawers, the inside of the lid decorated with a house and chapel and other decoration of figures fishing, the exterior with parquetry decoration. An old card inside attributing the box to Lewes prison.
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) wide
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