A RECTANGULAR WALNUT PUZZLE CASKET
ITALIAN, POSSIBLY TUSCANY, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
The lid surmounted by a reclining female figure above a removable section enclosing a drawer, the angles carved with allegorical figures, on foliate and dolphin mask bracket feet, the interior lined with marbled paper, with label to the underside inscribed 'Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of 17th Century European Art 1938, carved wooden box Professor A.E. Richardson A.R.A. Lender'
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high; 11½ in. (29 cm.) wide; 6½ in.(16.5 cm.) deep
A RECTANGULAR WALNUT PUZZLE CASKET
ITALIAN, POSSIBLY TUSCANY, FIRST HALF 17TH CENTURY
The lid surmounted by a reclining female figure above a removable section enclosing a drawer, the angles carved with allegorical figures, on foliate and dolphin mask bracket feet, the interior lined with marbled paper, with label to the underside inscribed 'Royal Academy of Arts, Exhibition of 17th Century European Art 1938, carved wooden box Professor A.E. Richardson A.R.A. Lender'
10¼ in. (26 cm.) high; 11½ in. (29 cm.) wide; 6½ in.(16.5 cm.) deep
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