A PAIR OF GEORGE III BOXWOOD AND EBONY-STRUNG MAHOGANY KNIFE-BOXES
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with acorn finial above a domed top, one later pierced, each enclosing a re-fitted interior, with silver lockplate and tapering body with ring-turned socle and crossbanded square base on ogee bracket feet
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) diameter
A PAIR OF GEORGE III BOXWOOD AND EBONY-STRUNG MAHOGANY KNIFE-BOXES
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with acorn finial above a domed top, one later pierced, each enclosing a re-fitted interior, with silver lockplate and tapering body with ring-turned socle and crossbanded square base on ogee bracket feet
26 in. (66 cm.) high; 11 in. (28 cm.) diameter