Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 13th January 2022
Lot 440
λ AN EARLY VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT AND LEATHER CONCERTINA
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £280
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Description
λ AN EARLY VICTORIAN BURR WALNUT AND LEATHER CONCERTINA
BY C. WHEATSTONE & CO., C.1850
with forty-eight ivory buttons and with a signature panel, inscribed 'C. Wheatstone & Co. Manufacturers, London, W.C. 15 West St. Charing Cross Rd', numbered '1122' for 23rd May 1846, in a rosewood hexagonal case
17cm high, 21cm wide
Catalogue Note
According to the Wheatstone & Co. Concertina Ledgers, number '1122' was made for Lady Charlotte Denison, (1806-1889) (née Cavendish-Bentinck), the daughter of the 4th Duke of Portland.