A REGENCY BROWN OAK LETTER BOX either by George Bullock or George Morant, banded overall in holly, the rectangular top with slit above a panelled glazed fallfront

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A REGENCY BROWN OAK LETTER BOX either by George Bullock or George Morant, banded overall in holly, the rectangular top with slit above a panelled glazed fallfront
8¾in. (22cm.) wide; 9¼in. (23.5cm.) high
Provenance
The Executors of the late Major Eustace Robb, Great Tew Park, Great Tew, Oxon, Christie's house sale, 27-29 May 1987, lot 20

Lot Essay

Much of the furniture supplied to Tew by George Morant in the 1840s closely matched the brown oak and holly items supplied by Bullock pre-1820. This stylistic harmony must have been deliberate and makes specific attribution to this letter box impossible.

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