A Pretty 18thC Continental Black Japanned Work Table c.1790 sub-Art & Sculpture sands and mossy greens

sands and mossy greens

are probably the most highly sought after variety of walking stick and have been in existence since around the sixth century when two Persian monks smuggled silkworm larvae out of China inside hollowed-out staves

among other early printers

providing an important link between the River Thames at Oxford and Coventry in the English Midlands

and they appear to have a later paint surface on the side panels

A Pretty 18thC Continental Black Japanned Work Table c.1790 sub-Art & Sculpture sands and mossy greensOrigin: Probably Dutch Flemish Period: Late Eighteenth Century Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1780 1800 Width: 17 inches Height: 29. 25 inches Depth: 11. 5 inches (all at extremities) The black japanned pine side table with slender legs united by an x shaped stretcher the top having a hinged lid decorated with a hand painted landscape with a figure and large stone urn upon a lake setting, to an oval reserve opening to reveal a compartmentalized