The contents of The Grange, Wendover - 2nd October 2024
Lot 142
AN EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH BURR WALNUT DAVENPORT
Estimate £600 - £1,000 | Hammer £1134
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
AN EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH BURR WALNUT DAVENPORT
BY WILLIAM DEANS, C.1837-40
the sliding top with a pierced gallery and hinged writing slope revealing a satinwood lined interior with four pigeonholes, with a pull-out slide to each side, and with four graduated cedar lined drawers on bun feet and brass castors, the top drawer with a printed paper trade label inscribed 'William Deans, Cabinet Maker, Upholsterer and Undertaker, Melrose'
93.5cm high, 48.5cm wide, 62cm deep
Provenance
The contents of The Grange, Wendover.
Catalogue Note
William Deans is listed in Pigot & Co.'s National Commercial Directory as having premises in Market Place, Melrose in 1837. William Deans may have served an apprenticeship with James Mein of Kelso, an adjacent town less than 15 miles from Melrose. The quality of the construction and timbers can be compared with the work of Mein and interestingly their trade labels are similar.