Lot 25
AN EARLY VICTORIAN SCOTTISH MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE BY JAMES MEIN OF KELSO
CIRCA 1840
Scottish Silver & Applied Arts
Auction: 15 August 2018 at 11:00 BST
Description
the rounded rectangular moulded top above a single drawer and turned pendant finials to each angle, the base with tapered scroll supports linked by stretchers and raised above carved bun feet, bears paper maker's label to drawer JAS. MEIN/ CABINET MAKER & UPHOLSTERER/ ROXBURGH STREET/ KELSO/ NO. 31609
Dimensions
108cm wide, 77cm high, 60cm deep
Footnote
Note: The Mein family are recorded as cabinet makers in Kelso from 1784- 1851. James Mein the Elder, the founder, established the firm as makers of fine quality furniture and when he died in 1830 his nephew, also called James Mein, took over the business until it went bankrupt in 1851. Their many important patrons included the 5th & 6th Dukes of Roxburghe at Floors Castle and the Earl of Haddington at Mellerstain.