TRINITY HOUSE WALNUT AND MARQUETRY WORK BOX
19TH CENTURY
£1,512
Auction: Day One: 16 November 2022 | From 10:00
Description
the lid and side panels with marquetry scenes of frigates, clippers, lighthouses, and steamboats, the interior adorned with scrap-work pictures and with a lift-out tray fitted with lidded compartments with bone knobs, the lids with marquetry flags or stars
Dimensions
33.5cm wide, 14cm high, 24cm deep
Footnote
Note: Trinity House boxes were made by lighthouse and lightship keepers who served the lighthouse service during 1850- 1880. They were made to be sold through the Trinity House Service to captains and crews. Most are inlaid with tea clippers, lighthouses, flags, parquetry and simple string and inlay work. Originally, the finished boxes appear to have been delivered directly to Trinity House and sold there, later makers sold their work directly to sailors and seamen as gifts for loved ones during their weeks or months at sea.