Bookcase
style of Globe-Wernicke Co.
Category
Furniture
Date
1925 - 1949
Materials
Oak, glass, lead, brass
Measurements
122 x 87 x 30.5 cm
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Sunnycroft, Shropshire
NT 1318236
Summary
An 'Globe Wernicke' style oak bookcase, second quarter 20th century, of sectional construction, the top section with moulded edges to the front, above three shelf sections each with a lift-up door inset with 'double-diamond' leaded rectangular glass panel, each door with brass knob handle to the lower edge and with moulding to the front side edges lining up with that on the top section, the three shelves sections atop a base with moulded front edge and on four square-section feet.
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. This bookcase was given to Joan Lander in sections by her grandmother Lizzie Hunt.
Makers and roles
style of Globe-Wernicke Co., creator