A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE

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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY SERPENTINE COMMODE
Crossbanded overall in satinwood, with four graduated mahogany-lined drawers with concave quarter fillets, the upper drawer fitted and with a green baize-lined slide, flanked on each side by a hinged door enclosing a shelf, on splayed bracket feet, with storage label for Coxeters of Abingdon, Berkshire
34 in. (88.5 cm.) high; 60 in. (154 cm.) wide; 23 in. (59 cm.) deep

Provenance

Almost certainly supplied to John Campbell, 1st Baron Cawdor (d. 1821) for Stackpole Court, St Petrox, Pembrokeshire, Wales, and by descent to
Viscount Emlyn, Stackpole Court, sold Strutt & Parker, Lofts and Warner house sale, 19-21 November 1962, lot 541 ('Another [Fine Hepplewhite Commode] of the Same Period somewhat similar, of mahogany with satinwood banding inlay, the serpentine front and sides similarly fitted to the previous lot, the top drawer with baize-lined slide enclosing recesses, gilt metal loop handles, standing on slight splayed bracketed legs, 60in. wide, 23in. deep, 34 high') 460 to Oliver.
Bought by the vendor's family from Temple Williams Antiques, London, 26 March 1963.

Lot Essay

Stackpole Court was in a superb position above a long sea inlet on the Pembrokeshire coast. The house passed by marriage in the late 17th century to Sir Alexander Campbell (d.1697) of Cawdor, Scotland. His son rebuilt the house in the 1730s and it was later altered and extended by Sir Jeffry Wyattville from 1821. The conservatory housed a statue of Venus by Canova, whom the 1st Lord Cawdor had met on the Grand Tour. The contents were dispersed and the house demolished in 1962. The park now belongs to the National Trust (Thomas Lloyd, The Lost Houses of Wales, London, 2nd. ed., 1989, p. 71).

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