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    21 May 2015

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    Lot 52

    A REGENCY ROSEWOOD FOUR TIER WHATNOT

    EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LATER RETAILED BY ABRAHAM SOLOMON

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    GBP 3,750

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    A REGENCY ROSEWOOD FOUR TIER WHATNOT
    EARLY 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY LATER RETAILED BY ABRAHAM SOLOMON
    With three tiers supported by baluster supports above a lower tier with frieze drawer, on turned feet with caps and brass castors, stamped 'A SOLOMON 59 GT QUEEN ST'
    44 in. (112 cm.) high; 18 ½ in. (47 cm.) wide; 16 ½ in. (42 cm.) deep

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    Lot Essay

    Abraham Solomon, furniture broker, is listed at 23 Little Queen Street in 1839 and by 1844 he also occupied 59 Great Queen Street. Various pieces of furniture dating from c.1780 - 1840 are known stamped A SOLOMON 59 GT QUEEN ST, he evidently retailed them either new or second hand (see Christopher Gilbert, The Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds, 1996, p. 50 and p. 433, figs. 870 - 872).

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    Special Notice

    Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.


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