Book rack
Category
Wooden objects
Date
1893
Materials
Oak
Measurements
153 x 430 x 185 mm
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Lanhydrock, Cornwall
NT 882754.2
Summary
One of a pair of oak table book racks carved with initials, this one MVAR and the date 1893.
Provenance
The initials obviously belong to The Hon. Mary Vere Agar-Robartes, 1879-1946, eldest daughter of Thomas Charles and Mary Dickinson. She married Canon Yarde-Buller in 1919. They had no children.
Marks and inscriptions
MVAR (and) 1893