A Rare Late 19thC Carved Oak Collection Box for The Royal Infirmary in the Form of a Beehive sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles with the original brass ferule

with the original brass ferule also present

If not for the mantelpiece then

this is a superb piece of fairground art that provides a show-stopping spectacle wherever it hangs

Eight years later these smoke rooms would become emergency dormitories for Titanic’s survivors and six years after that they would be sitting at the bottom of the sea

Period:  3rd Republic

A Rare Late 19thC Carved Oak Collection Box for The Royal Infirmary in the Form of a Beehive sub-Rugs- Carpets & Textiles with the original brass feruleOrigin: English Period: Late Victorian Provenance: H. C. Owtram & Co for The Preston and County of Lancaster Royal Infirmary Date: c. 1875 1900 Height: 8 inches (to Beehive knop) Depth: 9. 25 inches (at base) Width: 9 inches (at base) The well carved English oak collection box in the form of a knopped beehive skep with four coin slots on a square faceted base sitting on bun feet and having inscriptions to each side, the base with lockable hatch and