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JOHN TAYLOR & SONS, EDINBURGH (1825-1968)

Victorian Mahogany Casket (c. 1890 Scotland)

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Large Victorian mahogany casket with a makers label underneath – ‘John Taylor & Son Edin. Ltd, Cabinet Makers Edinburgh’ and product design number A1894, which could also be the date 1894. The deep pagoda top has brass inlay and a nicely carved frieze, and opens to show a single area inside which is polished. The casket is also brass inlaid on the front, sides and back. There are 2 brass lion mask handles with ring pulls on the sides, and the casket stands on 4 hairy paw brass feet. Unusual and very stylish.

Size 23cm high x 37cm wide x 21cm deep.


Our Ref: 17081.

TAYLOR & SONS, EDINBURGH
Type Artist/Maker
Country of origin Edinburgh
Started working 1825
Stopped working 1968

John Taylor set up business as a cabinet-maker in 1825 in West Thistle Street, Edinburgh, and subsequently at 109-10, Princes Street. In 1852 as John Taylor and Son were appointed 'Cabinet-makers and Upholsterers in Ordinary to Her Majesty the Queen'. Their Rosemount Cabinet Works at Gardner's Court were established around 1857 and they continued trading from Princes Street until taken over in 1968. See An Anthology of Regional Furniture with Maker's Identification , Regional Furniture, vol. VII, p.130.
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Georgian Antiques
10 Pattison Street
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EH6 7HF
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