An Early 17thC North Italian Renaissance Pine Cassone c.1620 sub-Art & Sculpture She struck where the white

She struck where the white and fleecy waves

variously dated from 1810 through to 1824 and mostly of a religious theme but also including a portrait in the Pinto Collection at Birmingham City Art Gallery

Cork in 1971

There are some light scratch marks to the upper mid section

Britain itself in 1790 saw William Bligh arriving back in Britain with the first report of the Mutiny on the Bounty and the 91-mile Oxford Canal is opened

An Early 17thC North Italian Renaissance Pine Cassone c.1620 sub-Art & Sculpture She struck where the whiteOrigin: North Italian Period: Renaissance Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1620 Height: 28 Width: 63 Depth: 26 (all at extremities) The large pine coffer or marriage chest (Cassone), having a beautiful faded and sun bleached pine carcass, taken on pink hues, the two plank top opening to reveal a vacant interior with later lid rest, the flanks with carved baluster pilasters and fielded panelled front and sides having the original ornate iron plate pierced