Lot 194
Estimate: £300 - £500
Auction: Lots 1 to 336 | 16th October at 10am
mahogany with brass fittings, bears cabinet maker's label under drawer Edward S Richards
89.5cm wide, 73.5cm high, 58cm deep
Note: Ink note under drawer reads, "This Table made from a remarkably fine walnut tree embraced all that flourished during the childhood of Joseph Foster (of…before him do) and under which I spent many an hour during childhood…grew on mound at Bl Hall…great part blew down in about 1875/ JJ Foster Pontlands". Pontlands, near Chelmsford in Essex, was built for Joseph Foster in 1879 by local architect Fredrick Chancellor,