Chest-on-stand
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1700
Materials
Walnut, rosewood, ivory, ebony, tortoiseshell, metal
Measurements
30 x 52 x 36.8 cm
Place of origin
Mexico
Order this imageCollection
Polesden Lacey, Surrey
NT 1245925
Summary
A small hardwood, turtleshell, ebony and ivory chest, Mexico, late 17th / early 18th century, raised on a later, probably early 20th-century, walnut stand, in late 17th-century style. The chest inlaid with geometrical borders and stars, fitted as a jewelry box, opening with a hinged top and a drawer, mounted with escutcheons showing an arched crown flanked to each side by a lion rampant. The frieze mounted with a brass plate inscribed ‘From her Majesty the Queen of Spain, November 1920’.
Provenance
The cabinet was a gift from the Queen of Spain, Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg to Mrs Greville in 1920. It was part of the collection at Polesden Lacey and came in to the care of the National Trust in 1942 as part of Mrs Greville's bequest. The bequest of Margaret (Anderson) McEwan, The Hon. Mrs Ronald - later Dame Margaret - Henry Fulke Greville, DBE (1863-1942) from probate records linked with the donation of the property to the National Trust in 1943. This item found on the record for Polesden Lacey Library, page 18.
Marks and inscriptions
From her Majesty / the Queen of Spain / November 1920 (engraved on metal plaque on front)
