a very unusual Victorian "basket" formed from nuts and shaped as flowers
Ref : 17293
A very unusual Victorian silk-lined "basket" formed from pinecones, nuts and seed pods - the nuts artfully arranged to form a handled receptacle on raised feet, which most likely served as a centrepiece for a Victorian “maximalist” interior - displayed under a large glass dome with a turned ebonised hardwood base.
Date circa: 1900
Country: English
~ overall length 47cm / 18.3in
price: price on application
Ref : 17293
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