拍品的狀況可能存在極大差異，而由於其性質使然，拍品難以處於完美無瑕的狀態。拍品均以拍賣時的狀況出售。

In good, country house condition.
There are the inevitable nicks, marks, scratches and shrinkage consistent with age and use.
The top slightly sunfaded, scratched and with some water marks and residue to the top.
Some discouloured patches, such as to the proper left side.
The proper front left bracket foot with a chipped loss to the veneer (approx 3.5 cm.), coloured in.
Shrinkage separation to back boards and dustboard of first long drawer.
The mounts original but slightly rubbed.
Minor traces of old, apparently inactive, woodworm.
The back with an indistinctly inscribed label.
Restored by Peter Holmes of Arlington Conservation.
One key.
Structurally stable.