Antique Scandinavian Baroque Folk Art Carved Pine Dowry Chest / Trunk / Coffer, circa 1780 Sculpture The brim of the helmet

The brim of the helmet also in parcel gilt and finely engraved and pierced

26 cm X 10 cm

James Nelson Raymond Traveling Fellowship

1990: 10 Visual Arts Award

Incredibly rare & monumental antique Mamluk Nasrid Islamic pottery copper lustre candlestick

Antique Scandinavian Baroque Folk Art Carved Pine Dowry Chest / Trunk / Coffer, circa 1780 Sculpture The brim of the helmetA very good antique Scandinavian carved Baroque Folk Art dowry chest, circa 1780. The chest having a gently domed top with a hinged lid having the original 'snipe' hinges, the edge of the lid having carved gadrooning. To the front of the chest there are large and deeply carved geometric devices, to the center is a large hand cut steel lock and hasp. Both sides of the chest having hand forged iron carrying handles within a deeply carved lozenge design