Mahogany specimen display cabinet, late 19th century
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LOT 16
Mahogany specimen display cabinet, late 19th century
Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 20 000 - 30 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 45 648
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About this Item
Mahogany specimen display cabinet, late 19th century
the carved and moulded gable top with central foliate carving, above a pair of glazed doors enclosing three long shelves, the lower section with a pair of panelled doors enclosing multiple short drawers and two long drawers, raised on ball-and-claw feet, brass fittings
height: 252cm; width: 176cm; depth: 45cm
Notes
Specimen display cabinets were made to house, organise and display collected objects. With the expansion of scientific collecting in the 19th century, naturalists and scholars who assembled collections of shells, minerals, plants, fossils, insects, etc., used the many small drawers to separate and organise their specimens.
Provenance
Private Collection.
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