Lot 146
A Victorian Scottish penwork games box Decorated with scenes after Sir David Wilkie
Auction: 24 September 2008 at 12:00 BST
£2,280
Description
the cavetto moulded hinged lid with a domestic scene probably involving payment of rent, the front back and sides depicting fox hunting scenes, the interior with a removable divided tray and four boxes, each lid with scenes of everyday life, raised on embossed brass feet, bears paper label, 'Smith and Co. Carvers and Gilder's, 78 Union Street, Aberdeen'
Dimensions
28cm wide
Footnote
Note: the penwork scene decorating the lid of this fine box is adapted from Sir David Wilkie's 1807 painting 'The Rent Day.' One of the boxes in the interior also features this picture.
Literature: Tromans, Nichols 'David Wilkie. The People's Painter', published Edinburgh 2007, plate 2.