Pen box
Category
Objets de vertu
Date
Unknown
Materials
Lacquer, Paint, Wood
Measurements
23 mm (Width) x 25 mm (Depth); 155 mm (Length)
Place of origin
Iran
Collection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1340090
Summary
Persian pen box, painted lacquer, green and gold. Top part with panels showing fowl, rabbits, pheasant and a tiger.
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.