Lot Essay
Henry Fearncombe and Co. exhibited japanned coal boxes at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Their exhibits were described in the Catalogue as 'very elegantly designed, especially in their pedestals.'
FURNITURE AND OBJECTS OF ART
(Lots 61-207)
A VICTORIAN BLACK-JAPANNED AND PARCEL-GILT COAL-SCUTTLE by Henry Fearncombe & Co, the serpentine glazed front centred by a print depicting Joseph in the bull-rushes, on gadrooned bun feet, with pressed label of HENRY FEARNCOMBE & CO 722 WOLVERHAMPTON and with indistinct registration mark, with associated brass shovel
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A VICTORIAN BLACK-JAPANNED AND PARCEL-GILT COAL-SCUTTLE by Henry Fearncombe & Co, the serpentine glazed front centred by a print depicting Joseph in the bull-rushes, on gadrooned bun feet, with pressed label of HENRY FEARNCOMBE & CO 722 WOLVERHAMPTON and with indistinct registration mark, with associated brass shovel
17½in. (44cm.) deep
17½in. (44cm.) deep