Bellows
Category
Furniture
Date
1800 - 1830
Materials
Mahogany, pine and leather bellows with ebony handles
Measurements
31.0 x 34.0 x 38.0 cm
Place of origin
England
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Knole, Kent
NT 129399
Summary
An early nineteenth century mahogany standing bellows, the rectangular frame of which containing a rising platform inlaid with two shamrocks. The bellows is operated by turned ebony handle.
Provenance
Knole and the majority of its furniture were accepted by HM Treasury in part payment of death duties and transferred to the National Trust in 1946.