Live Auction 5467The Althorp Attic Sale - Including the Spencer Carriages
A VICTORIAN BRASS-BOUND OAK LETTER CABINET
Lot 75

A VICTORIAN BRASS-BOUND OAK LETTER CABINET

CIRCA 1870

Closed8 July 2010

Price Realised

GBP 1,750

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A VICTORIAN BRASS-BOUND OAK LETTER CABINET
CIRCA 1870
The sliding door with painted inscription 'Earl Spencer K.G. Private letters, 1871, 1872', the interior with twenty labelled divisions
18 in. (46.3 cm.) high; 19 in. (50 cm.) wide

John Poyntz, 5th Earl Spencer (1835-1910), while serving his first appointment as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (1868-1874).