An Important Early Victorian Stained Pine Chest; ‘Toy Music H.R.H Princess Beatrice’ c.1860 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews A good decorators piece of

A good decorators piece of imposing size with an early period feel

the whole sitting on ring turned oak front legs and sabre rears and surviving from late Victorian period England

Beatrice had a more relaxed infancy than her siblings because of her relationship with her parents

Hobbs went to London as a representative of the New York company of Day & Newell

Though the first mention of objects in bottles goes back to 1719

An Important Early Victorian Stained Pine Chest; ‘Toy Music H.R.H Princess Beatrice’ c.1860 Doe & Hope X Hannah Matthews A good decorators piece ofOrigin: EnglishPeriod: Early VictorianProvenance: Marilyn Rose, Isle of WightDate: c. 1860Height: 15. 5Width: 31. 5Depth: 20. 5Of Royal interest and in utterly original condition, the stained and painted pine chest sign written to the top in black Toy Music H. R. H Princess Beatrice, the whole being dovetail jointed and opening to reveal a vacant partitioned interior, one section for toys the other for musical instruments, the whole of large size and