Live Auction 5989Christie's Interiors
A VICTORIAN BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY CAMPAIGN CHEST
Lot 91

A VICTORIAN BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY CAMPAIGN CHEST

SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY

Closed5 October 2010

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GBP 2,000

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A VICTORIAN BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY CAMPAIGN CHEST
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
In two sections, the one frieze drawer applied with a retailer's label 'PRIESTS FUNRITURE & WAREHOUSE 1 & TUDOR STREET BLACKFRIARS', inset with brass handles and on turned feet, depository label to the reverse
44¼ in. (112.5 cm.) high; 39 in. (99 cm.) wide; 18¾ in. (47.5 cm.) deep

Specialist note

W. Priest is recorded as an auctioneer appraiser and undertaker (1837-1840) and a number of pieces are recorded with his stamp dating from about 1800-1850.The labels bearing the Tudor Street address describe the business as a 'Furniture Warehouse'and it is probable, therefore, that he applied his stamp to pieces as a retailer rather than a maker. C.Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, Leeds,1996)