Antique Scandinavian Baroque Folk Art Carved Pine Dowry Chest / Trunk / Coffer, circa 1780 Redo Antique French Art Nouveau Cameo

Antique French Art Nouveau Cameo Glass Coupe Vase by Gallé

Possibly made by Cantagalli workshop or another European pottery as an exhibition piece

these panels repeating three times around the body

Hu was interested in contemporary virtuoso artist Albert Marquet (1875-1947)

Zacharia Mbutha is a well known artist internationally whose work is held in public and private collections worldwide

Antique Scandinavian Baroque Folk Art Carved Pine Dowry Chest / Trunk / Coffer, circa 1780 Redo Antique French Art Nouveau CameoA 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