Lot 625
A RARE EARLY 18TH CENTURY OVAL PRESSED HORN BOX
the lift-off cover impressed with a hare coursing scene and signed "Obriset Jun" and "Debre 14.1728", the inside of the cover with old ink-written sticker: "by John Obrisset 14 Dec. 1728 from the Phillips* Collection £11/10/-"; 4.1" (10.2 cms) long
*P.A.S. Phillips, author of "John Obrisset and His Work In Horn And Tortoiseshell 1705-1728" (B.T. Batsford Ltd., London 1931) where this box is illustrated in plate 94 (belonging to the Author), where it is described as Unique (See the following): Phillips" personal collection was sold by Sotheby & Co, 4th July 1934, this box being lot 77, where the footnote states "This is the latest known date on any specimen of Obrisset's work, the abbreviation Jun. after the name at the end of his career is also curious". It is also noted that the date in full, "December 14 1728", is "an unique feature".
