Cabinet of Curiosities
Category
Frames
Date
circa 1860
Materials
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Peckover House, Cambridgeshire
NT 781514
Summary
Cabinet of Curiosities. A Victorian period figural burr walnut Cabinet of Curiosities enclosing drawers behind two doors, with a display tray on top covered by hinged lid. Circa 1860. Created by Alexander, Lord Peckover, and added to by his sister Priscilla Hannah Peckover and other members of his family.
Provenance
Created by Alexander, Lord Peckover, in the mid 19th-century and passed down through the family. Loaned to the National Trust by The Penrose Collection. Antony Penrose is Lord Peckover's great great grandson.