WOODEN SEWING BOX SURMOUNTED BY A DOUBLE SWIFT...

WOODEN SEWING BOX SURMOUNTED BY A DOUBLE SWIFT Mid-19th Century
Mahogany chest-style box with two drawers and flattened ball feet. Top and front inlaid with abalone wedges, arcs, diamonds, quarter-moons, stars, rectangles, etc. Drawers with baleen trim about perimeter. Top with small inlaid panbone cartouche, possibly intended as a nameplate but is unengraved. Top surmounted by a pincushion centering the swift's whalebone shaft. Finely ribbed whalebone knop where swift attaches to pincushion/box, and a similarly carved whale ivory yarn cup at top of shaft. Staves and fittings also made from whale ivory. Overall height including box and swift approx. 11.5". Box width 10". Depth 5.75".
Provenance:
West Sea Company, San Diego, 2001.
The Collection of Sam and Donna McDowell.
This item is not available for international delivery without CITES and other necessary permits. Obtaining these permits is the obligation of the buyer. Please be aware of current international and domestic regulations and bid accordingly.

Mahogany chest-style box with two drawers and flattened ball feet. Top and front inlaid with abalone wedges, arcs, diamonds, quarter-moons, stars, rectangles, etc. Drawers with baleen trim about perimeter. Top with small inlaid panbone cartouche, possibly intended as a nameplate but is unengraved. Top surmounted by a pincushion centering the swift's whalebone shaft. Finely ribbed whalebone knop where swift attaches to pincushion/box, and a similarly carved whale ivory yarn cup at top of shaft. Staves and fittings also made from whale ivory. Overall height including box and swift approx. 11.5". Box width 10". Depth 5.75".
Provenance:
West Sea Company, San Diego, 2001.
The Collection of Sam and Donna McDowell.
This item is not available for international delivery without CITES and other necessary permits. Obtaining these permits is the obligation of the buyer. Please be aware of current international and domestic regulations and bid accordingly.

Condition: Cage does not open freely and appears to have some breaks. Some deterioration of baleen. Light usage wear.

This item will not be shipped internationally without a CITES permit. Obtaining CITES and any other necessary permits is the obligation of the buyer.

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