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Wash Stands and Pot Cupboards
This category is for antique wash stands and pot cupboards. Although not something that is used in the way intended some two hundred years ago, an eighteenth century washstand or Georgian pot cupboard is nonetheless a very useful item. A pot cupboard or washstand can be used in place of a wine table in the drawing room or as a bedside table in the bedroom and can be a fun alternative! Those who collect washstands soon find out that there are rarely two alike, and it is interesting to keep discovering how many variations there are, no matter how many you see! As usual the Georgian and Regency periods are the most sought after, with mahogany being the most common timber collected. However it is possible to buy good oak versions from this period for less than mahogany, while exotic timbers like satin wood or rosewood are rarer and usually more expensive than mahogany.
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Exceptionally fine quality secretaire wash stand attributed to Gillow of Lancaster and London with writing slope in the top left drawer, gentleman's toilet section with fitted mirror to the top left section, the top right opening to reveal compartments for bowl, cup, jug etc, the whole piece made of the most wonderful cut of mahogany with the same timber used on the unfinished back of the washstand and even mahogany used for the drawer linings! English circa 1825, £4,800, measurements are 28" deep, 48" wide, 34" tall when closed
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Very interesting pot cupboard and washstand with lift up lid! Very unusual configuration, this must be one of the only ones of this period that works in this way - even though the lift up lid is the sort with which we are all now familiar. This piece looks very nice with flowers in the wash bowl circle in the top, or we can put a glass top on it so it can be used as a lamp table, wine table, or bed side table. This washstand is made of really good quality Cuban mahogany and is in superb all original condition. It is George III period and dates from around 1770, height 27" and 17" deep by 17" wide £1,850
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