Early 19th Century English mahogany on oak trinket box. The lid having a brass angled handle and well worn inlaid edges. Above a decorative but later brass escutcheon. Note: this box has a lot of wear and tear but has much charm and good patina.
The hinged top with an ebony and bone central motif concealing a wonderful fitted interior. Including the original hand cut glass mixing bowl, flanked by two yew wood removable tea canisters.
This painting describes the search for bush tucker across the Central Desert landscape which is an important part of Aboriginal life.
Gracie (born 1956) specializes in painting the Bush Plum Dreaming, also known to the Alyawarre as Arnwekety. Her style of painting is distinctively minimalist and she uses a very delicate dotting technique and traditional colours, which derive from the colours of natural ochres.
The scroll decorated hood having an x banded arch shaped door, resting on a bold upward ogee shaped mould and a long narrow trunk with a matching arched oak door, above another bold ogee shaped mould to the base, resting on the original ogee shaped bracket feet.
The clock dial recently cleaned and touched up having a painted hunting scene and the 8 day clock also recently serviced and the works taken apart and cleaned.