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Grog Box or Grog Chest
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Dates
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Circa 1825
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Medium
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Glass
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Origin
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Czech Republic
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Description
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An extremely rare Bohemian Grog Box or Grog Chest. Illustrated in the “Decanter- an illustrated history” - McConnel has these cased bottles dated from 1790 to 1820. However, they were made for a much longer period, there is an engraving by Nicholas Eastman Circa 1600, showing a cased bottle being removed from an oak chest.
The Victoria and Albert Museumhave a Bohemian pattern book circa 1825 showing a metal bound oak chest with six decanters and a couple of glasses, a smaller and less impressive version of this example.
25cm High
25cm Deep
28cm Wide
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