A pair of early 20th century mahogany and brass revolving bookcases
Highlights of Lyon & Turnbull's The Secret Life of Props: The Eccentric Trading Collection, online auction running September 24-25 include:
* a pair of early 20th century mahogany and brass revolving bookcases with two tiers of book compartments, on tubular downswept legs and stretchers (estimate: £600-£800)
* a late Victorian oak Gothic Revival bookcase, circa 1880, the moulded rectangular top above four glazed panel doors decorated with gothic tracery, the base with six drawers and two panel cupboard doors, raised on bun feet (estimate: £800-£1,200)
* a large Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase, circa 1880, the moulded cornice and plain frieze over three pairs of lancet-glazed doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the lower section containing three pairs of well-figured panelled cupboard doors, on rounded plinth base (estimate: £1,500-£2,500)
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A late Victorian oak Gothic Revival bookcase
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An early 20th century mahogany bookcase on stand in the Chippendale style
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A William IV mahogany bookcase from the late 18th/early 19th century
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A large Victorian mahogany breakfront bookcase
* an early 20th century mahogany bookcase on stand in the Chippendale style, the pierced and acanthus carved cornice above a dentil frieze and fruit carved Gothic astragal glazed doors, the lower section with canted rosette and ribbon carved edge, over a pierced frieze, centred with Green Man carved tablet and conforming pierced legs, united by a tray top undertier (estimate: £1,000-£1,500)
* a William IV mahogany bookcase from the late 18th/early 19th century of bold proportions, the outswept cornice over a pair of glazed panel doors enclosing adjustable shelves, flanked by turned columns, the lower section containing a pair of cushion frieze drawers and panel cupboard doors, flanked by fluted Doric columns, to a plinth base (estimate: £800-£1,200)
