SOLD Early 19th Century Domed Prisoner of War Straw Work Box chinese enamel and one thin split in

and one thin split in the wood on on side of his hair and hat

with some residue around the perimeter on the reverse

in their original case with partial paper label remaining

criss-crossing the leather strip at the other

died Hinton

SOLD Early 19th Century Domed Prisoner of War Straw Work Box chinese enamel and one thin split inIt is only recently that I began to pay attention to straw work, also called straw marquetry, but I've become deeply enamored with it. Boxes of this sort are most often described as Napoleonic prisoner of war work, made in England in prisoner of war camps and prison ships, late 18th earlier 19th century, though they draw on centuries prior Far Eastern and European traditions, and continued to be made later. Not unlike tramp art a century later, they