ENGLISH GILT BRASS BEEHIVE SEWING BOX
19TH CENTURY
£750
Auction: 27 February 2019 at 10:00 GMT
Description
in the form of a bee skep, with a hinged lid and twist loop handle, the sides mounted with two honeybees with polished agate and stone bodies, raised on a branch-form stand, with impressed marks HOWELL JAMES & CO/ REGENT ST. LONDON
Dimensions
23cm wide, 23cm high, 22cm deep
Footnote
Provenance: An English Collection of Works of Art