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1978 A William III oak blanket chest, hinged top enclosing a till, three panel front, stile feet, 73cm high, 124cm wide, c.1700 £100 - £150 plus 21% Buyer’s Premium + VAT @20% 1979 A William IV flame mahogany bow fronted stick barometer, 17.5cm x 10cm silvered register inscribed Troughton & Simms, London, turned half-urnular cistern cover, 99cm high, c.1835 This important instrument making firm goes back to brothers John (d. 1826) and Edward (1756-1835) Troughton took over their Lancashire-born father, Joseph’s Fleet Street instrument making business, and on John’s death Edward took William Simms (1793-1860) into partnership and the firm flourished gaining many important commissions. It became a limited company in 1915 and in 1922 became Cooke, Troughton & Simms. £150 - £200 plus 21% Buyer’s Premium + VAT @20% 1975 1975 A William and Mary oak side table, moulded top above a long frieze drawer, turned and panelled legs, shaped stretcher, 68cm high, 83cm wide, c.1690 £150 - £200 plus 21% Buyer’s Premium + VAT @20%
1980 A William IV mahogany library chair, stuffed over upholstery, scroll arms carved with lotus, turned legs, brass castors, c.1835 £100 - £150 plus 21% Buyer’s Premium + VAT @20%
1976 A William and Mary walnut and laburnum oyster veneered rectangular lace box, holly crossbanded and outlined hinged moulded top veneered with intersecting circles, enclosing a lift-out tray, skirted base, 44cm wide, c.1690 £200 - £300 plus 21% Buyer’s Premium + VAT @20%
1981 A William IV mahogany Patent library chair, Samuel Pratt & Son, New Bond Street, stuffed-over upholstery, scroll arms carved with lotus, turned and fluted legs, brass castors, c. 1835 £300 - £500 plus 21% Buyer’s Premium + VAT @20%
1977 A William and Mary walnut and laburnum oyster veneered rectangular lace box, holly crossbanded and outlined hinged moulded top veneered with intersecting circles, skirted base, 28cm wide, c.1690 £60 - £100 plus 21% Buyer’s Premium + VAT @20%
1982 1982 A William IV mahogany rounded rectangular card table, crossbanded folding top enclosing an inset baize lined playing surface, above a deep frieze centred by a raised tablet, panelled column, incurved base, scroll feet, brass castors, 76cm high, 92cm wide, c.1835 £60 - £100 plus 21% Buyer’s Premium + VAT @20%
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