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Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1880
Materials
Ebonised painted beech
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1195753
Summary
A pair of ebonised and parcel gilt hanging shelves, English, late 19th century. Each with three shelves held by turned supports.
Provenance
Speke Hall and its contents were bequeathed, as a secondary devise, to the National Trust by Adelaide Watt (d.1921) in 1943. Speke was initially bequeathed to the Norris family (who built the original house during the 16th century). It was then leased to Liverpool City Council and later to the Museums Department of Merseyside County Council. The National Trust took over direct management of the house and its contents in 1986.