Tennants Auctioneers
Lot 1
A Tunbridge Vanity Box], of sarcophagus form, with a velvet lined recess at each side (perhaps originally for scent bottles), flanking a central lid with velvet lined padded top, enclosing a plain interior, with an encircling band of flowers, on button feet, the base with vestiges of original label "T Barton, Late Nye Manufacturer, Mount Ephraim . Wells", 22.5cm wide, 10.5cm high; and [A Rosewood and Sycamore Games Box, circa 1800], rectangular, with central oval medallion to the lid edged with gilding, internally with four compartments containing an assortment of bone playing counters, Cantonese mother of pearl fish shape and other counters, dice, two bezique markers, cribbage board and markers (some items associated), 20.5cm wide (2)