A Mahogany William IV Period Mahogany Astragal Glazed Bookcase c.1835-40 sub-Curios This is an early example

This is an early example of its type

dates it to the 1870s-1890s

As tobacco got popular the signs for the tobacconists followed naturally and since tobacco was connected to Indians in the popular imagination

and standing on a circular plinth base surviving from the middle of nineteenth century England

surviving from the very early part of nineteenth century Britain

A Mahogany William IV Period Mahogany Astragal Glazed Bookcase c.1835-40 sub-Curios This is an early exampleOrigin: English Period: William IV Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1835 40 Height: 88. 5 Width: 40 Depth: 15. 5 (all at extremities) Of appealing proportions and super rich colour, the William IV period mahogany bookcase, in two sections, having a moulded and gadrooned cornice above two astragal glazed doors enclosing five adjustable shelves over a disguised frieze drawer over two panelled doors opening to reveal a further three shelves, the whole raised