A Good Quality Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase c.1825-30 poa-item She requires a new glass

She requires a new glass eye and some attention to the mechanisms to make them fully operational

this gruesome sport became popularised in the UK in the sixteenth century and Henry VIII himself had a cockpit built at Whitehall Palace during his reign

but in entirely un-restored or un-repaired order

one of wool and one of silk plied as one weft

whilst some of the jugglers balls for instance are lacking and there are knocks to the heads of each as you would expect

A Good Quality Regency Mahogany Secretaire Bookcase c.1825-30 poa-item She requires a new glassOrigin: EnglishPeriod: RegencyProvenance: UnknownDate: c. 1825 30Width: 33. 75Height: 81. 75Depth: 21 (with handles)The fine quality mahogany secretaire bookcase of compact proportions, the upper section with reeded cornice over two Gothic arch glazed and barred doors enclosing adjustable shelving on a base with fitted secretaire drawer having draught turned handles opening to reveal a fitted interior with drawers and pigeon holes, over a pair of