A Fine Alto Adige Poker and Penwork Cassone Timeless With Finely Detailed Comb

With Finely Detailed Comb

With Salopian Column Stem

The two top tiers of smaller drawers are also shallower than the three lower tiers and wre made to hold the more valuable and precious contents

This example retains all of the original cast brass handles and escutcheons and locks and is raised on well-shaped cabriole legs

A Fine Alto Adige Poker and Penwork Cassone Timeless With Finely Detailed CombComprehensively Decorated with Pokerwork Birds, Figures Scrolling Floral and Foliate Motifs The Underside of the Top with Nave Penwork Panels depicting a Lion and a Leopard Solid Cypress Wood with Original Poker and Penwork Decoration Italy, Venice Region c. 1640 27. 75 high x 73 wide x 22. 5 deep Provenance: Rosalind, Countess of Carlisle, Castle Howard, (retaining historic pen and ink inventory number to the interior). Ref: 8231