SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY CORNER WHATNOT
SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
With a shell, rosette and scroll carved cresting, above five open tiers with spindle supports and a drawer flanked by foliate carved panels on short turned feet, stamped to the underside of the drawer 'C,M & W/1959'
88in. (195cm.) high, 26in. (67cm.) wide, 18in. (46cm.) deep

Provenance

Objects of Art, English and French Furniture, Curtains and Carpets from Marlborough House, sold by Order of Her Majesty The Queen, Christie's, London, 1-2 October 1959, lot 53.

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Lot Essay

The stamp relates to Christies sale of the contents of Marlborough House in 1959. At that time Her Majesty the Queen gave Marlborough House for use by the Commonwealth secretariat and some of Queen Mary's former property was sold. Other items were noted as having been inherited from King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra who lived for many years at Marlborough House as Prince and Princess of Wales.

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