A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-EBONIZED ESTATE CABINET

CIRCA 1810

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND PARCEL-EBONIZED ESTATE CABINET
CIRCA 1810
The rounded rectangular black marble top above a solid door with a frieze of applied roundels, enclosing a configuration of sixteen pigeonholes, over a similar outset case, on a plinth base, lower section locked, the marbles later, the lock inscribed PATENT BRAMAH/IMPROVED, the case stamped 46, with remains of partial labels to pigeonholes, with a paper label to reverse in scribed Mr. Marten/St. Alban's and with further illegible inscription.
99 in. (251.5 cm.) high, 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide, 17 in. (43 cm.) deep

Provenance

with Colefax and Fowler, London.

Lot Essay

The Bramah lock on this piece can give a clearer indication of the age of this piece of furniture. The company marked their locks I (or J) Bramah in conjunction with the word 'Patent' between 1784 and 1798. There is however no record of 'improved' being used but this presumably comes slightly later. Between 1798 and 1800 the company droped the word patent but incorporated a crown and from 1800 onwards the company added their address of either 14 or 124 Picadilly until 1860.

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