Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 307
λ A LARGE EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD OPEN BOOKCASE
Estimate £1,000 - £1,500 | Hammer £3500
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Description
λ A LARGE EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD OPEN BOOKCASE
C.1840
fitted with adjustable shelves and flanked with rosette headed pilasters, with carved leaf capitals, the back stamped 'VR 1866 NT Room 18' and with inventory number '18', together with a trade label for Harrods
107.5cm high, 259.1cm wide, 30cm deep
Provenance
From a Private Cornish Country Estate.
Catalogue Note
The stamps on the back of this bookcase would suggest that this bookcase graced one of Queen Victoria's Royal residences.