An Early 18thC Dutch Walnut Serpentine Commode c.1730-40 poa-item They would have made the

They would have made the brass for this piece at the time of its creation at the cabinetmakers in 1886-1887

the whole on a plinth base and standing on generously sized lions paw feet surviving from Renaissance period Italy

bearing numbers and some with Latin names for apothecary mixes

The ruins attracted attention for their picturesque nature in the 18th and 19th centuries and were frequently illustrated and tourism to the site increased with the opening of the Furness Railway Station in the 19th century

An Early 18thC Dutch Walnut Serpentine Commode c.1730-40 poa-item They would have made theOrigin: Dutch Period: Early 18thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1730 40 Width: 37 Height: 34 Depth: 19. 5 (all at extremities) The shaped walnut carcass of superb generous baroque bombe type form, having a moulded top above an arrangement of four long serpentine graduated drawers to shaped ends, with panelled sides each with large brass carrying handles, the frontage with brass drop handles and rococo escutcheons, to a shaped moulded base raised on