Lot 254
GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART §
ENGRAVED SILVER BOX BY PETER D. R. POWELL, GLASGOW 1961
Auction: 31 October 2018 at 11:00 GMT
£450
Description
of oval outline with domed hinged lid, engraved with a Chinoiserie scene, the interior lined with leather, stamped maker's marks G.S.A., hallmarked Glasgow 1961
Dimensions
13cm across
Footnote
Note: This box was designed as a box for collar stiffeners. The fantastical scene on the lid depicts a Royal palace set in a landscape with an exotic bird. In the imagination of the maker the King who lived in this palace and who was interested in clothes, insisted that the tail feathers of this bird be used for his collar stiffeners.