Workbox
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Lacquer, ebonised wood
Measurements
71.5 x 46.5 x 31.5 cm
Place of origin
Jingdezhen
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Scotney Castle, Kent
NT 790949
Summary
A black and gold lacquer work or sewing box, Chinese Export, circa 1850. Decorated with pagoda landscape scenes, the hinged moulded lid above friezes of ogee profile and with a pull-out slide below, now lacking the sewing basket, raised on twin ebonised baluster column support with arched feet joined by a turned stretcher.
Provenance
Part of the Hussey collection. The contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 2006 by Mrs. Elizabeth Hussey.