Lot 167 : Sold for £95 hammer

Estimate £80-£120

Frederick Rhead - Wileman & Co / Foley - A late 19th Century Intarsio biscuit barrel decorated with cartouche panels of figures in medieval dress serving a seated figure, the reverse with a sleeping figure with empty flagons of ale to his feet, flanked by floral panels in the Art Nouveau style, the printed verse 'What an Intolerable Deal of Sack, To Such a Pitiful Proposition of Bread' in the round, the cover and handle in silver plate, printed mark and painted 3500, height 17cm

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