Classic Design: Furniture, Clocks, Silver & Ceramics
Classic Design: Furniture, Clocks, Silver & Ceramics
A pair of Victorian walnut and ebonised country house letterboxes, circa 1870
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November 12, 04:46 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
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Description
modelled after the Penfold post box, the foliate-carved top surmounted by a finial and resting on a beaded frieze, the front with a brass flap reading LETTERS above a hinged panel door opening to the ebonised interior, the door of one example with a brass-framed window containing a label printed 'KEISS' above manuscript entry, each plinth base with a single drawer
54cm high;
1ft. 9 ¼ in.
Three comparable country house letterboxes sold in these Rooms last year in Albany: An Important Private Collection, at £5,080, £15,240 and £8,255.
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