Lot 251

INVERNESS - A SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL CARVED OAK PRESENTATION BOX
WILLIAM REID CHRISTIE, DATED 1904




Auction: Day Two | Thursday 20 August from 10am | Lots 199 - 555
Description
Marked W.RC, INS, with silver presentation plaque ‘To Wm Macbean Esqr/Chairman of Invernss School Board/ from/ the teaching staff of the pub. schools/ on attaining his semi-jubilee/ as a member of the board, Invernss/ 16th April 1904’, the entirety of the box decorated with celtic knotwork designs, the lid decorated with two scenes of a crest ‘Concordia et fidelitas' and a classical column, the front decorated with two scenes of a riverside town and castle ramparts (key present)
Dimensions
45cm wide, 14.5cm high, 15.5cm deep



