Pedestal sideboard
Category
Furniture
Date
circa 1850
Materials
Oak, deal
Measurements
204 cm (H); 310 cm (W); 82 cm (D)
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Speke Hall, Merseyside
NT 1196485
Summary
A massive oak pedestal sideboard, probably English, circa 1850 incorporating earlier European carvings. The superstructure with carved pediment and shelf above a large central panel carved with the biblical story of Esther, The lower section with three frieze drawers and two carved cupboards to the pedestals incorporating panels depicting Noah's Ark, St. Matthew and St. Mark. The whole with further carving and incorporating figural pilasters, the pedestals raised on plinth bases.
Provenance
Probably purchased by Richard Watt V (d.1865) during his restoration and refurbishment of Speke Hall during the 1850s and 60s. 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 Speke and its contents in 1986.