Lot Essay
William Scott of Norton Street, Liverpool, is not listed in G. Beard's The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers, 1660-1840, 1986.
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BY WILLIAM SCOTT, CIRCA 1830
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A GEORGE IV BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD INK-STAND
BY WILLIAM SCOTT, CIRCA 1830
With two rectangular hinged lids, each enclosing a later glass ink-well, with stepped tiers, with pierced galleries, one side enclosing a mahogany-lined drawer, the underside stencilled 'WILLIAM SCOTT NORTON ST LIVERPOOL'
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
BY WILLIAM SCOTT, CIRCA 1830
With two rectangular hinged lids, each enclosing a later glass ink-well, with stepped tiers, with pierced galleries, one side enclosing a mahogany-lined drawer, the underside stencilled 'WILLIAM SCOTT NORTON ST LIVERPOOL'
5 in. (12.5 cm.) high; 16 in. (40.5 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
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