An Indo-portuguese Ivory, Green-stained Ivory And Tortoiseshell-inlaid Indian Rosewood Table Cabinet - Apr 23, 2024 | Christie's In London
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AN INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY, GREEN-STAINED IVORY AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID INDIAN ROSEWOOD TABLE CABINET

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AN INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY, GREEN-STAINED IVORY AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID INDIAN ROSEWOOD TABLE CABINET
AN INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY, GREEN-STAINED IVORY AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID INDIAN ROSEWOOD TABLE CABINET
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AN INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY, GREEN-STAINED IVORY AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID INDIAN ROSEWOOD TABLE CABINET

EARLY 18TH CENTURY

Details

The hinged top above a pair of doors enclosing a fitted interior with six Indian rosewood drawers, the underside with printed label for '?. H. PONSONBY', with carrying handles, the ivory originally further green-stained
12 1/2 in. (32 cm.) high; 16 in. (41 cm.) wide; 11 3/4 in. (30 cm.) deep
Provenance

Possibly Henrietta, Countess of Bessborough 1761-1821 and by descent.
Gloria: Property from the late Dowager Countess Bathurst; Christie's, London, 22 July 2020, lot 43.
Literature

C. Hussey, ‘Cirencester House, Gloucestershire – I’, Country Life, 16 June 1950, p. 1800, illustrated in the south drawing room.
Lot Essay

The 'H. Ponsonby' to the label to the underside of this table cabinet suggests it was likely the personal property Henrietta, Countess of Bessborough, wife of Frederick Ponsonby, 3rd Earl of Bessborough (1758-1844). Their second son Major-General Sir Frederick Cavendish Ponsonby (1783-1837) married Lady Emily Charlotte Bathurst (d. 1877), daughter of the 3rd Earl Bathurst, and it is probably via this connection that the cabinet entered the Bathurst collection at Cirencester Park.
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AN INDO-PORTUGUESE IVORY, GREEN-STAINED IVORY AND TORTOISESHELL-INLAID INDIAN ROSEWOOD TABLE CABINET

Estimate £4,000 - £6,000
Starting Price £2,000
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