A Very Fine Irish Killarney Ware Arbutus Wood Ladies or Gents Lidded Table Box of high quality. The hinged lid cover with lavish inlaid decoration depicting a view of Muckross Abbey executed in pyrography within a surround of trailing foliage and shamrocks, the front and sides with similar decoration, mid 19th Century.
Condition: Very good untouched condition with nice mature patination, no losses to inlay.
Height: (overall) 3.75” (8cm). Width: 8.75” (22.5cm). Depth: 8.75” (22.5cm).
Eur. 695.00 Sold
MUCKROSS ABBEY: is one of the major ecclesiastical sites in Killarney National Park. County Kerry, Ireland. It was founded in 1448 as a FranciscanFriary. It has had a violent history and has been damaged and reconstructed many times. To-day the Abbey is largely roofless, although apart from this it is is generally quite well preserved. Its most striking feature is a central courtyard which houses a large Yew Tree and is surrounded by a vaulted cloister.