Lot 459
  • 459

VERY RARE HANGING TWO-TIER ASH TURNERS' GLASS CUPBOARD, ANGLO-DUTCH, CIRCA 1680

Estimate
5,000 - 10,000 USD
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Description

  • ash
  • Height 26 3/4 in. by Width 28 1/2 in. by Depth 10 1/4 in.

Provenance

John Fardon, Birmingham, England;
Tobias Jellinek, London, England;
Ruth Troiani, Avon, Connecticut;
Pook and Pook Inc., Auctioneers, Downingtown, Pennsylvania, September 20, 2003, lot 77;
Jonathan Trace, Rifton, New York.

Literature

Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition: A History of Early Furniture in the British Isles and New England, (Woodbridge, Eng.: Antique Collectors' Club, 1979), fig. 2:70;
Ruth Troiani, Beautiful Antiques, illustrated.

Condition

Top cornice molded edge replaced, with a 13 x 1 in. patch to proper right front corner of top. The backing boards appear later. The piece has probably be re-polished at some point.
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