An Early 18thC Dutch Walnut Serpentine Commode c.1730-40 poa-item Origin: MoroccanPeriod: Mid/Late 19thCProvenance: Private

Origin: MoroccanPeriod: Mid/Late 19thCProvenance: Private Collection

One canister is labeled PULV: SEM: ANISI which would have held powdered aniseed

The ruins attracted attention for their picturesque nature in the 18th and 19th centuries and were frequently illustrated and tourism to the site increased with the opening of the Furness Railway Station in the 19th century

having a circular final with brass swing handle

and they would have been for holding schnapps

An Early 18thC Dutch Walnut Serpentine Commode c.1730-40 poa-item Origin: MoroccanPeriod: Mid/Late 19thCProvenance: PrivateOrigin: Dutch Period: Early 18thC Provenance: Unknown Date: c. 1730 40 Width: 37 Height: 34 Depth: 19. 5 (all at extremities) The shaped walnut carcass of superb generous baroque bombe type form, having a moulded top above an arrangement of four long serpentine graduated drawers to shaped ends, with panelled sides each with large brass carrying handles, the frontage with brass drop handles and rococo escutcheons, to a shaped moulded base raised on