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A MID-VICTORIAN BLACK LACQUER AND DECORATED WORK TABLE
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A MID-VICTORIAN BLACK LACQUER AND DECORATED WORK TABLE

BY JENNENS & BETTRIDGE, MID-19TH CENTURY

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A MID-VICTORIAN BLACK LACQUER AND DECORATED WORK TABLE
BY JENNENS & BETTRIDGE, MID-19TH CENTURY
DECORATED WITH SCATTERED FLORAL STEMS, THE TOP CENTRED BY AN ABUNDANT FLORAL AND FOLIATE SPRAY WITH BUTTERFLIES WITHIN A GILT FILAGREE BORDER, FITTED WITH A DRAWER WITH A SLIDING WELL BELOW, ON DUAL IN-SWEPT SUPPORTS JOINED BY STRETCHERS AND TERMINATING IN BUN FEET AND CASTORS, STAMPED THREE TIMES 'JENNENS & BETTRIDGE'S'
29½IN. (75CM.) HIGH, 21IN. (53CM.) WIDE, 14½IN. (37CM.) DEEP
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Lot Essay

IN 1816 JENNENS AND BETTRIDGE OF BIRMINGHAM ACQUIRED THE LONDON WORKSHOPS OF HENRY CLAY.PRODUCING AND PERFECTING SKILLS IN THE CRAFT OF PAPIER-MACHE THEY EXHIBITED THEIR WARES AT THE 1851 CRYSTAL PALACE GREAT EXHIBITION.THE BUSINESS CEASED TO OPERATE IN 1864.

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