Collections & Fine Furniture - 16th April 2024

Lot 17

A FINE WILLIAM AND MARY OYSTER VENEERED AND MARQUETRY CHEST

Estimate £10,000 - £15,000 | Hammer £18900

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Description

A FINE WILLIAM AND MARY OYSTER VENEERED AND MARQUETRY CHEST

LATE 17TH CENTURY

inlaid with panels of fruitwood with flowers and birds, heightened with green stained bone and holly banding, with two short and three long graduated drawers, fitted with later brass drop handles, and on later bun feet

85cm high, 95.7cm wide, 57.5cm deep

Provenance

Purchased from Turpin's Antiques, Hungerford, 5th June 2003, for £30,000.

The selected contents of Dinton Hall, Buckinghamshire.

Catalogue Note

For a similar chest sold in these rooms on the 20th April 2021, see Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks, lot 23 that sold for £16,000 (hammer).