Lot 429
A William IV rosewood teapoy By William Hean of London
Auction: 8 April 2009 at 11:30 BST
Description
of sarcophagus form, enclosing two lidded caddies and labelled twice 'William Hean, Cabinet Manufacturer, Upholsterer, Undertaker, House Agent & Appraiser, 30 Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury - Many Years Foreman to R & J Newton, Late of Wardour Street', on a lappet carved baluster column with egg and dart carved collar and quadrapartite platform base ending in scroll feet and castors
Dimensions
40cm wide, 80cm high, 40cm deep
Footnote
Note: Hean was active at his first premises at Little Wild Street between around 1815 and 1835, entering into a partnership with William Prentice. He moved to Great Russell Street in 1836. A number of labelled Hean pieces are recorded, some similarly labelled twice.
Literature: A library table by Hean and further notes on the maker can be found in C.Gilbert's 'Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture' (F.H.S. 1996)