AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK CHEST
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE ALNWICK CASTLE PRUDHOE TOWER BEDROOM FURNITURE (LOTS 142-144) PROPERTY FROM THE LONDON RESIDENCE OF THE LATE SIR PAUL GETTY, K.B.E (LOTS 130-174)
AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK CHEST

PROBABLY BY GEORGE SHAW, 1847-1848

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN OAK CHEST
PROBABLY BY GEORGE SHAW, 1847-1848
The rectangular moulded top above two short and two long drawers, the two long drawers centred by an escutcheon of a lion and an escutcheon of five lozenges, each between fluted pilaster uprights centred by five lozenges, on a plinth base with foliate carved block feet, one drawer with painted numerals '00772', another painted '00739/1', lacking one lock, previously dark-stained
40 in. (101.5 cm.) high; 43 in. (109 cm.) wide; 22¼ in. (56.5 cm.) deep
Provenance
Supplied to Algernon, 4th Duke of Northumberland (d.1865) and by descent to
The 10th Duke of Northumberland Will Trust, Syon House, Middlesex, Sotheby's house sale, 14-16 May 1997, lot 205.
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis This lot is subject to Collection and Storage charges

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