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A late Victorian cherry and laburnum display cabinet
Estimate:
£800 - £1,200
Sold
£1,100
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A late Victorian cherry and laburnum display cabinet
In two parts, the rectangular stepped caddy top with pierced brass three-quarter gallery and dentil moulded frieze; above a glazed door and sides flanked by stop-fluted pilasters enclosing two shelves; above a moulded top and central glazed door and sides, with scroll carved apron on toupie feet, numbered '6' on the frieze, with brass label, 'MADE FROM DOUGLAS FIR BLOWN DOWN IN 1887, LABURNUM IN 1889 & TENNIS GROUND GUIGNE TREE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN 1889 ALL GROWN AT COWDEN', 121cm wide, 45cm deep, 195cm high.
Provenance:
Possibly for Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire
In two parts, the rectangular stepped caddy top with pierced brass three-quarter gallery and dentil moulded frieze; above a glazed door and sides flanked by stop-fluted pilasters enclosing two shelves; above a moulded top and central glazed door and sides, with scroll carved apron on toupie feet, numbered '6' on the frieze, with brass label, 'MADE FROM DOUGLAS FIR BLOWN DOWN IN 1887, LABURNUM IN 1889 & TENNIS GROUND GUIGNE TREE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING IN 1889 ALL GROWN AT COWDEN', 121cm wide, 45cm deep, 195cm high.
Provenance:
Possibly for Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire
A mansion was built on the site of Cowden Castle, Clackmannanshire for John Christie (1824-1902), a wealthy Lanarkshire coal-owner who bought the estate in 1865, the house was demolished in 1952. The estate is now the property of the Stewart family, descendents of the Christies and is particularly notable for its Japanese garden. Laid out 1907-1930 by Taki Handa, a graduate of the Imperial School of Garden Design in Nagoya, under the supervision of explorer and travel writer Ella Christie (1861-1949) it has been described as "the best Japanese garden in the western world", it was visited by Queen Mary in 1932.