Casket on stand
Vile & Cobb
Category
Furniture
Date
1700 - 1799
Materials
Gilded Wood
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Vyne Estate, Hampshire
NT 718777.2
Summary
The stand for an Italian casket with rising top and fall front (718777.1) The stand is gilt, carved with satyres' masks at the corners and supported on scroll feet. Made by William Vile and Cobb.
Makers and roles
Vile & Cobb, maker
References
treasure houses of Britain : 1985., P.282 - No.202, Casket on Stand c.1741-1754, Grand Ducal Workshops Florence; the stand attributed to William Vile d.1767, casket of ebony with panels of pietre dura mounted in ormulu and encrusted with semiprecious stones; stand made of pine; gilded.