| 商品規格 |
| Brand |
Unbranded
|
| Pattern |
Stylized floral motif, Jacobean style
|
| Type |
18th C English Jacobean hnd crvd wood Bible box
|
| Shape |
Rectangle
|
| Size |
Medium
|
| Color |
Brown
|
| Style |
English
|
| Features |
Carvings,
Hand carved, original cut brass hinges, original wooden lid,
|
| Material |
Pine wood, cut brass hinges
|
| Country/Region of Manufacture |
United Kingdom
|
| Finish |
Antique
|
| Subject |
Bible boxes, religion, early American cultural artifacts
|
| 商品狀況說明 |
Good-Very Good overall antique cond: The Bible box ws fnd on the MA/NH brdr in an early rural estate. Its lid, as wll as its sngl wd plnk brd flr, appr to hv vry old rprs md to thm bth, as a rslt of pssbly the wd dryng & sbsqntly crckng, crtng a frctr, whch lks to hv bn rnfrcd w/sm frm of adhsv cmpnd. We hvn't tchd the box, incldng dstng, wshng or oiling it. It rmns in exctly the sm cond it ws fnd in the early hm it was rmvd from. C.1735-1765, the Bible box ws mst lkly brght to the New World & to New England in the early-mid 18th c, pre-dtng by a sgnfcnt amnt, the US War of Indpndnc frm the British Crown. It boasts wndrfl shllw srfc crvng w/a dstnctly flrl theme. As w/mny Jacobean hnd crvd Bible boxes, it feats a cntr rnd medallion w/the outrchng ptls of a stylized, abstrct flwr wthn it. The kyhl lctd on the frnt sdwll of the bx hs no key escutcheon or srrndng mtl plt. In dry, matte wd fnsh w/trrfc, nat agd wd clr & patina. An extraordinary early New England antique cltrl artifact. |
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