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Lot Essay
Esau Davies is probably the maker of this dresser. Bont is a small village near Abergavenny, Monmouthshire and so provides a more detailed regional attribution to this model of Welsh dresser
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A WELSH OAK DRESSER
Late 19th century
The inverted breakfront plate rack with central shelves and glazed doors, all lined with wallpaper, the lower section with a drawer and a twin panel cupboard door either side of an open shelved compartment, the left hand drawer signed in pencil beneath 'Esau Davies Bont, August 1870'
84½in. (214cm.) high, 77in. (196cm.) wide, 18½in. (47cm.) deep
See Illustration
Late 19th century
The inverted breakfront plate rack with central shelves and glazed doors, all lined with wallpaper, the lower section with a drawer and a twin panel cupboard door either side of an open shelved compartment, the left hand drawer signed in pencil beneath 'Esau Davies Bont, August 1870'
84½in. (214cm.) high, 77in. (196cm.) wide, 18½in. (47cm.) deep
See Illustration
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