Buffet
Category
Furniture
Date
1850 - 1899
Materials
Mahogany, brass, ceramic
Measurements
145 x 132 x 50.5 cm
Place of origin
England
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318124
Summary
A mahogany three-tier buffet sideboard, English, second half 19th century, the tiers of rectangular form with rounded corners and moulded rims, the top tier with shaped crest with applied centre carving of flowers and leaves surrounded by a raised circle surrounded by low relief carved scrolls with stippled ground, the tiers cantilevered from two vertical supports to the rear, each support terminating with a moulded cornice topped with a finial of scroll forms, the upper two tiers on scroll-carved and pierced angle brackets projecting from the rear supports, the lowest tier above a pair of frieze mahogany-lined drawers each with cockbeading and knob handles, the base tier supported on two carved and bulbous legs to the front and extensions of the plain supports with moulded bases to the rear, all with brass caps and white ceramic castors.
Provenance
Sunnycroft was built in 1880 for J.G. Wackrill, founder of the Shropshire Brewery. It was bought in the early 1890s by Mary Jane Slaney who proceeded to extend the house and lay out the grounds to create the estate that is there today. After Mary Slaney died in 1912 the property was bought by her brother-in-law John Vernon Thomas Lander. Three generations of the Lander family lived at Sunnycroft. J.V.T. Lander's granddaughter Joan bequeathed the estate to the National Trust in 1997.