An Early 17thC North Italian Renaissance Pine Cassone c.1620 sub-Art & Sculpture The thin board ebony ground

The thin board ebony ground sign with gold hand painted script advertising the palmist and clairvoyant Gipsy Smith

variously dated from 1810 through to 1824 and mostly of a religious theme but also including a portrait in the Pinto Collection at Birmingham City Art Gallery

the lower section having two arched cupboard doors with a series of four graduated drawers to the middle

In good overall order considering the age of this piece

the very same can still be seen upon her face to this day

An Early 17thC North Italian Renaissance Pine Cassone c.1620 sub-Art & Sculpture The thin board ebony groundOrigin: North Italian Period: Renaissance Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1620 Height: 28 Width: 63 Depth: 26 (all at extremities) The large pine coffer or marriage chest (Cassone), having a beautiful faded and sun bleached pine carcass, taken on pink hues, the two plank top opening to reveal a vacant interior with later lid rest, the flanks with carved baluster pilasters and fielded panelled front and sides having the original ornate iron plate pierced