Live Auction 1186The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.
A GEORGE III BEECH AND LEATHER WIG STAND
Lot 35

A GEORGE III BEECH AND LEATHER WIG STAND

LATE 18TH CENTURY

Closed19 September 2013

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GBP 875

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A GEORGE III BEECH AND LEATHER WIG STAND
LATE 18TH CENTURY
The close-nailed leather head with interior compartment on a clamp mechanism, the underside of the head inscribed '4' in ink; together with Professor Richardson's wig, 19th century, with a label for 'Stavinski Bedford' and numbered '127'
18½ in. (47 cm.) high (2)

S.W. Wolsey, Buckingham Gate, London, where acquired in November 1955, as 'Fruitwood wig-stand, turned stem, on square chamfered-edge pedestal' (£6).