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Blue Painted Pine Dowry Coffer or Box
Ref: 3910
A charming folk painted marriage box or dowry dating to 1872. Front panels with vases of flowers in blue red and green on a pink ground. Overall blue.
Good condition. Interior clean. Candlebox. Original hinges. Sides painted later in green and wide wooden carrying handles (or spoon racks) are old but not original.
Probably from the Danube Schwabians of Hungary.
South Eastern Europe c.1870s
H: 46cm (18.1in)
W: 120cm (47.2in)
D: 59cm (23.2in)
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