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Ref: 3909
A delightful painted peasant dowry coffer or marriage chest in good condition, clean to interior with candlebox, original hinges. Front has two painted panels with vase and flowers in red, green and blue on a white ground.
One of three similar boxes that just arrived, probably of German ethnic origin from the Danube Schwabians, German speaking settlers who lived in parts of modern day Hungary, Croatia and the Vojvodina in Serbia.
South Eastern Europe c.1870s
H: 44cm (17.3in)
W: 116.5cm (45.9in)
D: 58cm (22.8in)
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