A GEORGE III BURR-YEW, MAHOGANY AND ENGRAVED MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE

A GEORGE III BURR-YEW, MAHOGANY AND ENGRAVED MARQUETRY SECRETAIRE-BOOKCASE
ATTIBUTED TO INCE & MAYHEW, CIRCA 1775
The broken arched cresting surmounted by a later urn finial, inlaid with feathered husks and a patera above a dentilled and faux-fluted frieze, with a pair of astragal-glazed doors with watered silk-lined interior, the base with kingwood crossbanding, secretaire-drawer enclosing a fitted interior above three graduated drawers, on later bracket feet, fitted for electricity
102 ¾ in. (261 cm.) high, 41 in. (104 cm.) wide, 20 in. (51 cm.) deep

Provenance
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 20 November 1986, lot 175 (with plinth base).
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 30 April 1997, lot 126.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 8 April 2004, lot 276.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 14-15 April 2011, lot 523.
Kenneth Neame; Christie's, London, 13 June 2018, lot 94.