A Pretty Late Victorian Walnut Sewing / Trinket Box with Exotic Inlay sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles An increasingly difficult to find

An increasingly difficult to find collection

the present but not overbearing use of impasto

Trunks date back to pre-medieval times and were made in a large variety of shapes and sizes and from many different materials

Seductive and elegant is this fluted glass and silver capped perfume bottle dating from the late Victorian era

With interest in the Rowley Gallery seemingly always growing

A Pretty Late Victorian Walnut Sewing / Trinket Box with Exotic Inlay sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles An increasingly difficult to findOrigin: English Period: Late Nineteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1890 1900 Height: 4. 25 inches Depth: 6. 5 inches Width: 10 inches The rectangular box in beautifully aged walnut with a patina that is full of character, having a satinwood lozenge shaped escutcheon and further lozenge shaped exotic fruit and softwood motif to the top. There is a nice inscription to the inner lid that reads; Maggie Williams, Prize for Needlework, August 26th