Auction 224
Antiques and Works of Art, Rare Books, Modern and Contemporary Art
By Cabral Moncada Leilões
Contact auction house
Mar 18, 2024
Rua Miguel Lupi, 12 A/D . 1200-725 Lisboa Portugal
Terms of sale
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Exhibition:
March 11th (Monday) to March 17th (sunday) - 14h to19h
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LOT 130:
A chest
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Sold for: €1,000
Start price:
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1,000
Estimated price :
€1,000 - €1,500
Buyer's Premium: 24.6%
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A chest
William IV (1830-1837)
green leather lined wood
decoration with gilt irons "Plant motifs", lateral cartouches and top of the cover with initials WR (William Rex) surmounted by royal crown - William IV (1830-1837)
English
missing handles and lock escucheon, restoration, leather defects, signs of use
label glued to the bottom with printed inscription NORTHOVER & GILBERT - EAST STREET BRIDPORT - Nº 59, manuscript inscription WYNFORD
Dimensões (altura x comprimento x largura) - 32 x 69 x 44 cm
Notes: Wynford name tag hypothesized to belong to Lord Wynford, William Draper Best (1767-1845), jurist, who served King George IV as a member of his Privy Council (PC) - a council of the monarch's private advisers - and Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, positions he held from 1824 to 1828.
In 1829, he received the title of Baron of Wynford and, in the reign of William IV, he became the «speaker» of the House of the Lords - a position to which this chest must have been connected, as it is clearly intended to collect and save documents.
