An Austrian painted and parcel gilt marriage coffer on stand...
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£2,000 - £3,000
An Austrian painted and parcel gilt marriage coffer on stand, in Renaissance style, the coffer 19th century; the hinged domed top with a central armorial with lion rempant, within a rectangular reserve with stylised foliate arabesques, flanked to each side by concentric circular motifs within rectangular reserves, all bordered by stylised foliate and punched borders; with pierced metal clasp; the front decorated with two narrative figural scenes depicting a betrothal and a the arrival of newlyweds at a moated castle; each end decorated with armorials for Austria; above a moulded base, 55cm high, 122cm wide, 44cm deep; with an associated carved and giltwood stand, 20th century; the overall height, 101cm
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£2,000 - £3,000
An Austrian painted and parcel gilt marriage coffer on stand, in Renaissance style, the coffer 19th century; the hinged domed top with a central armorial with lion rempant, within a rectangular reserve with stylised foliate arabesques, flanked to each side by concentric circular motifs within rectangular reserves, all bordered by stylised foliate and punched borders; with pierced metal clasp; the front decorated with two narrative figural scenes depicting a betrothal and a the arrival of newlyweds at a moated castle; each end decorated with armorials for Austria; above a moulded base, 55cm high, 122cm wide, 44cm deep; with an associated carved and giltwood stand, 20th century; the overall height, 101cm
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