Liberty & Co (British), a Mahogany Display cabinet... Lot 30

Liberty & Co (British), a Mahogany Display cabinet c.1905, stamped on lock plates Liberty & Co Ltd London The moulded cornice surmount with shaped three quarter gallery, over an arrangement of panelled recesses and shelves, with tapered column supports, flanked by glazed and leaded doors set with abalone and mother-of pearl flowerhead and snail motifs, enclosing green velvet lined interiors and glazed shelves, on tapered supports raised on block feet 197cm high, 188cm wide, 40cm deep Purchased: Christie’s King Street, sale of 'Art Nouveau, Art Deco & Studio Pottery', 3rd March 1981, lot 196 and sold with original Christie's catalogue Literature: John A. Bartlett, British Ceramic Art 1870-1940, Schiffer, USA, 1993, p.4 (a similar cabinet is illustrated) Condition Report: Glass panes are original, with light signs of wear to surface, no chips or cracks. Interiors are most likely later velvet lined and have a few compression marks from use. Mahogany surfaces with general wear throughout to include light scratches, scuffs. There are some minor indentations to edge of central bow front shelf. The upper back panels with some fading/areas of discolouration. Some aging to varnish in places. The brass escutcheons with some tarnish marks.