A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND PLUM PUDDING MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE CIRCA 1800 The upper section with a moulded cornice and wire grille doors the inner doors enclosing ten adjustable shelves, the outer doors enclosing an arrangement of shelves and later pigeon holes, the base with a secretaire drawer revealing a green baize lined writing slide, a fitted interior and three further long drawers, flanked on each side by five conforming graduated drawers with lacquered brass bail handles throughout, on a plinth base, inscribed in black ink '134' and '185 ' on the reverse 118 in. (300 cm.) high; 97 in. (246 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep Provenance Sir William Ewart Gladstone, Bt., K.G, (d.1851), Fasque, Aberdeenshire, and thence by descent until Sold Christie's, London, 7 May 2008, lot 46.
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND PLUM PUDDING MAHOGANY BREAKFRONT SECRETAIRE BOOKCASE CIRCA 1800 The upper section with a moulded cornice and wire grille doors the inner doors enclosing ten adjustable shelves, the outer doors enclosing an arrangement of shelves and later pigeon holes, the base with a secretaire drawer revealing a green baize lined writing slide, a fitted interior and three further long drawers, flanked on each side by five conforming graduated drawers with lacquered brass bail handles throughout, on a plinth base, inscribed in black ink '134' and '185 ' on the reverse 118 in. (300 cm.) high; 97 in. (246 cm.) wide; 22 in. (56 cm.) deep Provenance Sir William Ewart Gladstone, Bt., K.G, (d.1851), Fasque, Aberdeenshire, and thence by descent until Sold Christie's, London, 7 May 2008, lot 46.
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