THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
AN IRISH MID-VICTORIAN YEW-WOOD AND MARQUETRY KILLARNEY-WARE DAVENPORT by Lucius Boyd
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AN IRISH MID-VICTORIAN YEW-WOOD AND MARQUETRY KILLARNEY-WARE DAVENPORT by Lucius Boyd
Inlaid overall with clover and fern trails, chequerbanding and oval vignettes depicting architectural scenes, rustic cottages and sham castles, the waved superstructure inlaid with a central harp flanked by an eagle and a stag, the brown leather-lined hinged writing-slope enclosing a fitted interior with two drawers and three simulated drawers flanking shaped pigeon-holes, the reverse of the top inlaid with a further harp supported on ebonised turned columns with arched panelled niches, each side enclosing a red velvet-lined slide, the reverse inlaid with similar panels, the right-hand side with a door enclosing a fitted interior with five marquetry drawers with locking system, on a spreading inverted breakfront plinth and lacquer-brass castors, one slide signed in pencil Lucius Boyd 1874 and further inscribed Renovated by John O'Neill Killkeny at John Boyle & Son Dublin
22½in. (57cm.) wide; 39¾in. (101cm.) high; 23in. (58.5cm.) deep
Inlaid overall with clover and fern trails, chequerbanding and oval vignettes depicting architectural scenes, rustic cottages and sham castles, the waved superstructure inlaid with a central harp flanked by an eagle and a stag, the brown leather-lined hinged writing-slope enclosing a fitted interior with two drawers and three simulated drawers flanking shaped pigeon-holes, the reverse of the top inlaid with a further harp supported on ebonised turned columns with arched panelled niches, each side enclosing a red velvet-lined slide, the reverse inlaid with similar panels, the right-hand side with a door enclosing a fitted interior with five marquetry drawers with locking system, on a spreading inverted breakfront plinth and lacquer-brass castors, one slide signed in pencil Lucius Boyd 1874 and further inscribed Renovated by John O'Neill Killkeny at John Boyle & Son Dublin
22½in. (57cm.) wide; 39¾in. (101cm.) high; 23in. (58.5cm.) deep