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Fine and rare Georgian casuarina collectors cabinet on stand, c.…
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Sydney
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19-Apr-2020
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Fine and rare Georgian casuarina collectors cabinet on stand, c.1810-20, of Australian interest, the moulded rectangular top with a later pierced brass three-quarter gallery above panelled doors enclosing fourteen graduated 'specimen' drawers with geometric internal divisions and silver pulls, the stand with five drawers with later brass ring handles, on square tapering legs joined by scrolled X-stretchers centred by a platform and with brass caps and anti-friction castors, with paper-trade bill to the underside, 'From W. Mullins, Dealer in Antique Furniture, 52 & 54 High Street, Salisbury',158.5 x 92 x 46 cm. Provenance: possibly acquired by John Taylor (d.1865) of Adelaide, South Australia, possibly at the International Exhibition (London, 1862) and thence to his second wife Harriet Agnes (d.1902) and their son John Charles Marshall Taylor (d.1947), ultimately at Roke Manor, Hampshire; thence with W. Mullins, Salisbury; thence with Avon Antiques, Bradford-on-Avon, 1975
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Furniture: Chests of Drawers