GOTHIC REVIVAL
OAK AND STEEL-MOUNTED CASKET, CIRCA 1900
£260
Auction: 31 October 2018 at 11:00 GMT
Description
with domed lid, opening to a velvet-lined interior, the whole with pierced tracery straps backed with leather panels
Dimensions
32cm wide, 26cm high, 19cm deep
Footnote
Literature: Atterbury, Paul and Wainwright, Clive 'Pugin: A Gothic Passion', V&A 1994, p.97, pl. 175.
Note: This Victorian coffer is based on a French 15th century iron coffer held at the Victoria & Albert Museum, London.