$1,500
ENGLISH MAHOGANY SECRETARY BOOKCASE, C. 1810, H 104", W 50", WITH PEARLWARE BUST OF ALEXANDER I:Featuring a lower section of three full-length drawers with three additional drawers, an upper section highlighted by a slant-front desk with tooled leather writing surface, six pigeon compartments, six drawers and a central locking compartment with scroll motif all below four additional drawers and additional pigeon compartments. Upper doors feature mirrored interiors. A pearlware bust of Alexander I as the finial, with impressed medallion reading "Alexander AET. 35, Moscow Burnt, Europe Preserves, 1812" (see additional photos), possibly by Wood & Caldwell, Burslem. Measures H.8' 8", W.4' 2", D.22 1/2". For a high resolution photo
Auctioneer:
Dumouchelle Art Galleries
Date:
2015-12-12
