Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 10 Jan 2018
A late Victorian bog oak collector's cabinet
A late Victorian bog oak collector's cabinet, the carved scale top with a plaque inscribed 'MADE BY Robert Garnett & Sons, WARRINGTON, FROM BOG OAK 3000 YEARS OLD DISCOVERED AT Thelwall, Cheshire, WHEN CUTTING The Manchester Ship Canal in 1891', above a pair of panelled doors enclosing eight slides, containing a collection of shells, minerals, counters, buttons, pottery shards and other items, 55cm high, 34.3cm wide, 24.3cm deep.