A SMALL LAPIS LAZULI AND GOLD MOUNTED CASKET

A SMALL LAPIS LAZULI AND GOLD MOUNTED CASKET

18TH / 19TH CENTURY

the chamfered hinged lid decorated with three flowers, the centres set with rubies, with engraved pendant borders, on ball feet

3.7cm high, 5cm wide, 3.6cm deep

Provenance

Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) the Red Room, Halton House, Buckinghamshire.

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House

Catalogue Note

This exquisite casket can be seen on Alfred's desk in the Red Room at Halton House. The Red Room was Alfred's inner sanctum, where he conducted his private business affairs whilst in residence. Alfred must have favoured the colour red, as the salon was decorated red, his dressing-room was known as the 'Red dressing-room' and he had 'Red rooms' at his London residence, 1 Seamore Place. The Red Room at Halton House was reserved for some of his finest pieces, including: tables by Martin Carlin, Sèvres porcelain vases and a portrait of Lady Hamilton by George Romney.