ANTIQUE 19thC BLACK FOREST SMALL HAND CARVED TRUNK BOX FROM \'PILATUS KULM\'
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ANTIQUE 19thC BLACK FOREST SMALL HAND CARVED TRUNK BOX FROM \'PILATUS KULM\':
$47.31
A SUPERB LITTLE ANTIQUE BLACK FOREST BOX DATING TO THE LATE 19th CENTURY. IT IS MADE FROM SWISS WALNUT AND HAS BEEN BEAUTIFULLY HAND CARVED WITH STRAPS AROUND THE BOX AND LID TO GIVE THE IMPRESSION OF AN OLD TRUNK.THESE WERE SOLD AS TOURIST SOUVENIRS DURING THE LATE 19th AND EARLY 20th CENTURY WITH A LOT OF THEM HAVING THE NAME OF THE PLACE VISITED CARVED ON TO IT. THIS ONE CAME FROM \' PILATUS KULM \' WHICH I HAVE TO SAY IS NOT ONE THAT YOU NORMALLY SEE BUT IT IS A WELL KNOWN TOURIST AREA IN LUCERNE.PILATUS MOUNTAIN ( KNOWN LOCALLY AS DRAGON MOUNTAIN ) IS ONE OF THE MOST LEGENDARY PLACES IN CENTRAL SWITZERLAND, A SOURCE OF MYSTICAL DISCOVERIES AND HOME TO PLACES OF NATURAL BEAUTY THAT ARE STEEPED IN LEGEND AND LORE. BUILT INTO THE SIDE OF THIS MOUNTAIN HIGH UP IN THE PEAKS IS A HOTEL CALLED PILATUS KULM WHICH IS WHERE THIS LITTLE BOX WOULD HAVE BEEN BOUGHT. IT WAS OPENED IN 1890 AND IS NOW BILLED AS ONE OF THE MOST UNUSUAL HOTELS IN THE WORLD WHICH AS YOU CAN IMAGINE HAS SPECTACULAR VIEWS.THIS CHARMING LITTLE BOX IS IN A LOVELY ANTIQUE CONDITION WITH NO DAMAGE AND ONLY MINIMAL WEAR AND TEAR WITH COMMENSURATE MARKINGS. THE LID IS A GOOD FIT WITH HINGES THAT ARE SAFE AND SECURE.IT HAS A LOVELY COLOUR AND PATINA TO THE WOOD FROM MANY YEARS OF USE AND BEING HANDLED AND IS JUST A SUPERB, TACTILE LITTLE BOX FOR ANY COLLECTORS OF BLACK FOREST PIECES WITH THIS ONE BEING OF A REALLY NICE QUALITY AND NOT A PLACE I HAVE COME ACROSS BEFORE WHILST I WAS COLLECTING IT MYSELF.IT MEASURES APPROX. 9.5cms LONG, 6cms WIDE AND 4.5cms DEEP WITH A WEIGHT OF 85grms.PLEASE CONTACT ME IF ANY OTHER INFORMATION IS REQUIRED.I AM HAPPY TO COMBINE POSTAGE WITH OTHER PURCHASES.PLEASE ONLY offer IF YOU INTEND TO BUY.PAYMENT TO BE MADE WITHIN 3 DAYS OF THE sale ENDING UNLESS PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE- MANY THANKS.
ANTIQUE 19thC BLACK FOREST SMALL HAND CARVED TRUNK BOX FROM \'PILATUS KULM\':
$47.31