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Collections > Wood Carving > Toilet box of boxwood

Toilet box of boxwood

Carved with a frieze of buildings around the sides. The hinged lid is carved with a man and a woman in a boat a man and a woman holding hands, and two onlookers, all within rococo scrollwork. The base is carved with small diamonds, imitating carved work with a trellised pattern. The box is varnished The long hinge is entirely of wood.
Size: 3.8 x 13.8 x 5.4 cm

School: Dutch

Place: Holland

Object Type: box

Century: 18th century

Materials: Box Wood, Varnish

Museum Accession Number: Founders/X.941