An early Victorian mahogany partners desk

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An early Victorian mahogany partners desk
with a green leather cloth lined top, three frieze drawers to each side, the pedestals each with three drawers and opposing panelled cupboard on a plinth base, stamped several times A.SOLOMON, 59 GT QUEEN ST, the locks stamped V.R PATENT -- 54in. (137cm.) wide, 30½in. (78cm.) high, 36½in. (93cm.) deep
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. All lots sold not cleared by 1.00p.m. on the Thursday following the sale will be removed to the warehouse of: Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road London W12 7JS Telephone: 44 (0)20 8753 3700 Facsimile: 44 (0)20 8753 3701 Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate on the Friday following the sale and every weekday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE TO PURCHASERS WHO COLLECT THEIR LOTS WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE SALE. On the Thursday one week after the sale, a transfer and administration charge of £18.50 per lot will be payable and a storage charge of £3.20 per lot per day will then come into effect. These charges are payable to Cadogan Tate and are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.

Lot Essay

Abraham Soloman was trading at 23 Little Queen Street in 1839 as a furniture broker. A writing table bearing the same stamp as the present lot is illustrated in Christopher Gilbert Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, Furniture History Society and W.S Maney and Son Ltd, 1996, pp 433

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