A MAHOGANY BOOKCASE with pierced trellis swan-neck cresting centred by a fluted urn-shaped finial flanked by conforming smaller finials, above an acanthus-carved frieze and fluted band divided by patera above a pair of geometrically-glazed doors enclosing two shelves, the lower section with a fitted frieze drawer with baize-lined slide above a pair of panelled doors with re-entrant corners filled with double-flowerheads, enclosing a shelf, on plinth base, the reverse inscribed in chalk glass cracked 18/8/52 , the lower section and glazed doors 18th Century, five panes cracked 50in. (127cm.) wide; 97in. (247cm.) high; 19¾in. (50cm.) deep
A MAHOGANY BOOKCASE with pierced trellis swan-neck cresting centred by a fluted urn-shaped finial flanked by conforming smaller finials, above an acanthus-carved frieze and fluted band divided by patera above a pair of geometrically-glazed doors enclosing two shelves, the lower section with a fitted frieze drawer with baize-lined slide above a pair of panelled doors with re-entrant corners filled with double-flowerheads, enclosing a shelf, on plinth base, the reverse inscribed in chalk glass cracked 18/8/52 , the lower section and glazed doors 18th Century, five panes cracked 50in. (127cm.) wide; 97in. (247cm.) high; 19¾in. (50cm.) deep
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