A stunning 17th century Antwerp cabinet that reputedly stood in Glamis Castle, Angus, is to be sold at Bonhams in July. Glamis Castle is one of Scotland’s most famous sites, and is today best known for having been the childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, the birthplace of Princess Margaret, and for its role in Shakespeare’s Macbeth. The cabinet, which is made of tortoiseshell, ivory and bone inlaid rosewood and ebony, is expected to fetch between £7,000 – 10,000 at Bonhams’ Sale of Fine Continental Furniture on 10 July 2007 at 101 New Bond Street, London.

Posted: 06|22|07 at 4:24 pm. Filed under: UK News.