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• Auction House:
  Cordy's
• Sale Name:
  August Art & Antique Auction
• Sale Date:
  13 Aug 2013 ~ 10am (NZ time) (Lots 1 - 363)
  12 Aug 2013 ~ 5pm (NZ time) (Lots 400 - 723)
• Lot #:
  592
• Lot Description:
  A N.Z. colonial W.H. Jewell (Hereford Street, Christchurch) exotic woods side table
  the rectangular top with multiple layered four pointed star central inlay on a burr totara ground within a multiple banded border, chamfered edge. Timbers include rewarewa, kauri, black mairi, etc., the underside of the top with a large original maker’s label ‘Advance New Zealand. Ornithology, Conchology, Mineralogy, Botany, & c&c. W.H. Jewell Hereford Street, Christchurch. Has on sale a large collection of N.Z. Woodware, Bird Skins, Fern Tree, and a Pawa (sic) Shell Work....’. This label measuring 220 x 140. A further handwritten label inscribed ‘Mrs Mayberry. To Be Collected’. The late 19thC walnut base of four turned splayed legs with lower square shelf. 605 x 505 x 635.
• Provenance:
  This table was recently located in England, it is presumed that it was made to the order of Mrs Mayberry, named to label beneath top, then taken to England where the walnut base was added. The English passion for the colonial exotic is well represented
• Estimate:
  NZ$1,500 - 1,500
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Furniture

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