Lord Byron. A fine burr walnut, carved, marquetry and painte...

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£1,000

Lord Byron. A fine burr walnut, carved, marquetry and painted 'Passionate Box' and cover, by Wheathills, Derby, 20th / 21st c, designed after the monument to Byron's Newfoundland dog Boatswain at Newstead Abbey, the four detachable polychrome panels to the sides titled on the removable octagonal interior 'George Gordon Noel Byron 6th Baron Byron...', 'Byron's dogs...', 'Lion... accompanying his master on the final journey home to England' and 'The Parish Church of St Mary Magdalene Hucknall...', rotating on stepped plinth, 39cm h

Provenance: Commissioned by the late owner. For further information, please visit: https://www.wheathills.com/products-and-services/bespoke-memory-boxes/passionate-box

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Fine condition