Although discovered in a house just a stone’s throw from the saleroom, the island of Zanzibar – situated just off Tanzania – was its most likely source of origin. A West Country trade buyer in the room outbid a telephone bidder with £3000.
From Zanzibar to the Cotswolds
UK: FURNITURE from the East Coast of Africa is hardly common currency within the Cotswolds antiques trade but it was given unusual prominence last month with the appearance of this substantial 18th century hardwood chest with brass studwork decoration at the Gloucestershire rooms of Wotton Auction Rooms on March 23-24.
