A 19th Century Fitted Mahogany Case of Curiosities. The interior partitioned and lined in maroon bai
A 19th Century Fitted Mahogany Case of Curiosities. The interior partitioned and lined in maroon baize, housing a collection of religious & other artifacts: a mummified, common pipistrelle, bat, crucifix, and painted oval porcelain plaque depicting Madonna & Child to the lid. And various purpose made compartments for a 19th Century twin-barrel percussion pocket pistol, a small oil lamp with scrolling gilt metal stand, a glass medicine measure, a syringe, a cased meerchaum pipe carved with dragons claw, four turned boxwood jars, implements, rosary beads etc, with a tray lifting out to reveal a strut mirror in an engraved fretted gilt brass frame with Gothic arched top, 12¼'' (31 cm) high. The box measuring 7'' x 19¼'' x 11'' (18 cm x 49 cm x 28 cm).
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A 19th Century Fitted Mahogany Case of Curiosities. The interior partitioned and lined in maroon baize, housing a collection of religious & other artifacts: a mummified, common pipistrelle, bat, crucifix, and painted oval porcelain plaque depicting Madonna & Child to the lid. And various purpose made compartments for a 19th Century twin-barrel percussion pocket pistol, a small oil lamp with scrolling gilt metal stand, a glass medicine measure, a syringe, a cased meerchaum pipe carved with dragons claw, four turned boxwood jars, implements, rosary beads etc, with a tray lifting out to reveal a strut mirror in an engraved fretted gilt brass frame with Gothic arched top, 12¼'' (31 cm) high. The box measuring 7'' x 19¼'' x 11'' (18 cm x 49 cm x 28 cm).
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