A Fine George III Carved Mahogany Breakfront Bookcase Circa 1780

the molded cornice with fluting and carved oval molded paterae and centered by a curved pediment with stylized molded fan ornament with beaded rays and issuing from a half-circle flower-head, the four glazed doors below with geometric pattern molded astragals, with two doors below at the center with figured fielded panels with re-entrant corners enclosing turned roundels, enclosing three sliding trays, and flanked at each side with three graduated drawers with brass bail handles foliate cast with circular beaded back-plates above a conforming solid plinth.

By repute, the Duke of Leeds, Hornby Castle, Yorkshire

Messrs. R.F.Lock Ltd., London

Sotheby's, New York, April 24, 1992, lot 430

Sotheby's, New York, Tom Devenish: The Collection, April 24, 2008, lot 101

Overall good condition, the cornice with loss to part of lower molded edge to right side, some minor chips and patches to veneers mainly to bottom right central corner of the plinth base; small chips to veneer to back right corner of the plinth base; the left door with a replaced roundel to the bottom right corner; the top roundel possibly replaced; the glass appears to be old possibly with some minor replacements; overall with some old marks, scratches, scuffs and bruises consistent with age and use; beautiful color and surface which is much richer in reality than in the catalogue photo; the two brass handles to the outer doors to the upper section are possibly later.
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