A GEORGE II WALNUT AND INLAID ARCHITECTURAL CASKET IN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM HALLETT, CIRCA 1740-50The hinged top with a Greek key parquetry border, enclosing three compartments and two wood sliding locks for the drawer, with Palladian pediment, column and capital mouldings to the front and back, the sides with architectural stringing24cm high, 23cm wide, 19cm deepThis casket demonstrates the popularity in George II's reign for Palladian architectural objects and furniture, made fashionable in part by Isaac Ware's 1756 publication 'Complete Body of Architecture'.