Lot 240
North America, United States, ca. 1920s to 1930s CE. A rectangular wooden box bearing dozens of mosaic-patterned panels formed from hundreds of glued, headless matchsticks. The vessel bears a hinged lid decorated with a large pelican holding a fish as well as a bare tree next to a river, the front of the chest with a central lock and slots for 2 buckles, and a pair of leather handles on the side walls. Both the interior base as well as the bottom of a removable tray are lined with tin foil, and the walls of each bear remains of applied paper advertisements of women, some nude. Size: 11.1" L x 20" W x 9.125" H (28.2 cm x 50.8 cm x 23.2 cm)
Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010
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#173207
- Condition: Losses to original locking mechanism as well as both front buckles as shown. Both leather handles are damaged but present, and the wooden slat base has some chips and loosening. Fading to pigment atop lid, with damage to tin foil and paper advertisements on interior; tray still sits well inside of cavity. Hinges on verso still articulate smoothly. Craquelure to remaining pigment atop lid. Nice preservation to pelican and fish motif atop lid.
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