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A GEORGE II MINIATURE SHAGREEN KNIFE BOX
Lot 131

A GEORGE II MINIATURE SHAGREEN KNIFE BOX

ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN FOLGHAM, CIRCA 1760

Closed2 July 2014

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GBP 4,000

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A GEORGE II MINIATURE SHAGREEN KNIFE BOX
ATTRIBUTED TO JOHN FOLGHAM, CIRCA 1760
With brass clasp, feet and handles, the interior fitted with twelve two-pronged forks and twelve knifes with cutler's marks and agate handles
8 ¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high

Hotspur Ltd, London, 1967.
Private collection until 1999.
Witney Antiques, 2002.

Specialist note

The celebrated shagreen case-maker John Folgham illustrated a similar 'Knife Case...mounted in silver' on the trade card that he issued circa 1760. He stated that he made 'all sorts of Shagreen...and Fish Skin' knife-cases, which included a variety of 'Fish Skin of different sorts' including 'Blue or Green Dog [fish] skin' (A. Heal, The London Furniture Makers, London, 1953, p. 56).