VICTORIAN PAINTED TABLETOP CUPBOARD
19TH CENTURY
Auction: 10 December 2020 at 10:00 GMT
£1,750
Description
with a single hinged door inscribed ‘THE GIRL'S SCHOOL CO. LIMITED' on a grain-painted ground; together with a PAINTED WOOD PANEL ALPHABET PRIMER, in ochre and black, 25.5cm x 31cm
Dimensions
28cm wide, 39cm high, 38cm deep
Footnote
Note: The Girls’ School Company was formed in 1879 by a group of Glasgow businessmen, professional men and academics, with the object of founding a school or schools for girls where they could receive a sound and liberal education. The schools they established included Park School in Glasgow and St Columba’s in Kilmacolm.