An Important Early Victorian Stained Pine Chest; ‘Toy Music H.R.H Princess Beatrice’ c.1860 sub-Antiques or perhaps lost

or perhaps lost

Both sides to the top show use commensurate with age and use though one side is more heavily used than the other

having a solid four plank top upon a substantial base comprising of central baluster turned pillar and twin arched flying buttress supports

the Aesthetic Movement

the whole based on a Roman copy of the Greek original and surviving from late nineteenth century France

An Important Early Victorian Stained Pine Chest; ‘Toy Music H.R.H Princess Beatrice’ c.1860 sub-Antiques or perhaps lostOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early VictorianProvenance: Marilyn Rose, Isle of WightDate: c. 1860Height: 15. 5Width: 31. 5Depth: 20. 5Of Royal interest and in utterly original condition, the stained and painted pine chest sign written to the top in black Toy Music H. R. H Princess Beatrice, the whole being dovetail jointed and opening to reveal a vacant partitioned interior, one section for toys the other for musical instruments, the whole of large size and