LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE STAND MID-18TH CENTURY

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A FRANCO-FLEMISH BRASS-BOUND EBONY COFFRE FORT ON A GEORGE II EBONISED STAND
LATE 17TH CENTURY, THE STAND MID-18TH CENTURY
Enclosing a walnut oyster-veneered interior, enclosing various drawers, the stand with a frieze drawer, with paper label inscribed 'The Revnd Mr Wm Clay/Southwell/Notts/Pickwood/Warf (?) No 42'
40.1/2 in. (103 cm.) high overall; 28.1/2 in. (72.5 cm.) wide; 20.1/2 in. (52 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Rev. William Clay, Southwell, Nottinghamshire.

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Lot Essay

The Reverend William Clay was the son of Richard Augustus Clay of Southwell, Nottinghamshire. In 1797 he married the poet and dramatist Lady Sophia Burrell, who shortly thereafter produced two tragedies. The first, Maximian, was dedicated to William Lock; the second, Theodora, was dedicated by permission to Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire.

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