Each superstructure with a white marble and pierced brass galleried top above a mirrored back flanked by parcel-gilt C-scrolls on a rectangular white marble top over open adjustable shelves flanked by pilasters on a plinth base with recessed castors, the sides with leaf-tipped molded panels and lacquered-brass scroll and leaf-cast handles, one with old label marked '...Visct. Dudley', possible alterations to superstructure
44 in. (111.8 cm) high, 19 in. (48.3 cm) wide, 18 in. (45.7 cm) deep

Almost certainly Lord William Ward, 1st Earl Dudley of Witley Court, Worcestershire and Dudley House, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 23 October 2002, lot 65.

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These cabinets may have come from either Witley Court or Dudley House. One possibility is that they left the possession of the Ward family during the sale of Witley Court Estate and the remaining contents of the Mansion, Jackson-Stops and Staff, 26 September - 6 October 1938. Of course it is possible that they were part of the furnishings of Dudley House. Dudley House, Park Lane, London has become celebrated by furniture historians, more so for its later patron, Sir John Ward, than the original owner. Built in 1826 for the first Earl of Dudley the house was significantly embellished by the eleventh Lord Ward after 1855 and was leased in 1895 by the South African collector-millionaire, J.B. Robinson. Sir John Ward re-purchased the lease of Dudley House in 1912, and lived there until 1938.