Lot Essay
An almost identical rosewood Davenport from the collection of Reginald Leon, Esq. is illustrated in P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1954, p. 202, fig. 1.
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID CALAMANDER DAVENPORT
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A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID CALAMANDER DAVENPORT
The rectangular top with three-quarter pierced-brass gallery and green leather-lined sloping hinged writing-surface enclosing two small partridge-fronted cedar-lined drawers and two conforming drawers, above a fitted ink-drawer and a slide to the right-hand side and four graduated drawers on bracket feet, brass caps and castors, one back leg spliced
14½in. (37cm.) wide; 33in. (84cm.) high; 18½in. (47cm.) deep
The rectangular top with three-quarter pierced-brass gallery and green leather-lined sloping hinged writing-surface enclosing two small partridge-fronted cedar-lined drawers and two conforming drawers, above a fitted ink-drawer and a slide to the right-hand side and four graduated drawers on bracket feet, brass caps and castors, one back leg spliced
14½in. (37cm.) wide; 33in. (84cm.) high; 18½in. (47cm.) deep