A Superb George III Period Chip Carved Treen Salt Box, Dated to 1795 sub-Antiques its founder-members included Fernand Schirren

its founder-members included Fernand Schirren

The Silkworm moth (Bombyx mori Latr

preserved and rod mounted on a ebonised rectangular wooden pedestal base showing a mature stoat feasting upon a mole

a good pair of cases that will be of great interest to many a lepidopterist or indeed for those of us with an eye for an original and attractive decorative effect

A Superb George III Period Chip Carved Treen Salt Box, Dated to 1795 sub-Antiques its founder-members included Fernand SchirrenOrigin: English Period: Late Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1795 Width: 9 inches Depth: 7. 5 inches Height: 4 inches The rectangular box and cover inscribed with 1795 with the initials JJS(?), with applied floral lozenge motifs to the side panels with further chip carved decoration and nulling to the front and back. The condition is structurally sound, the whole is almost entirely original and with a very fine colour and patination.