Furniture, Works of Art & Tribal Art - Two Day Sale - 2nd July 2013
Lot 337
A late Victorian oak collector's cabinet
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1500
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Description
A late Victorian oak collector's cabinet, with a pair of frieze drawers above panelled cupboard doors enclosing thirty long and fifteen short later deal drawers, with sunken handles, each with glazed tops and containing a collection of moths, butterflies and insects, 35¾in (90.5cm) high, 47¾in (121.5cm) wide, 20¾in (52cm) deep.
Provenance: Dr. John Ash, ornithologist, Fordingbridge.