A RARE BOOKCASE/DISPLAY CABINET MADE FROM FOUDROYANT OAK AND COPPER BY GOODALL, LAMB & HEIGHWAY, CIRCA 1899
modelled as a ship's stern and quarter lights with copper strap hinges and banner inscribed 1798 FOUDROYANT 1801, carved wreaths and rope border, rudder head and securing chains, copper maker's provenance label secured within -- 40 x 64 x 19in. (101.5 x 162.5 x 48cm.)

Item no.36 in Goodall's catalogue is described as Wall Cabinet in 'Foudroyant' oak, with finely-modelled copper enrichments, &c. Suggested by the stern of the 'Foudroyant'. £60. 0s 0d. Originally there would have been a shaped taffrail with lamps and a profile of Nelson in copper.

Condition Report
Good structural condition; three panes of glass missing from quarterlights; rear planking with gaps visible in image.

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