A NORTH ITALIAN WALNUT, EBONISED AND 'CERTAZINA' BONE INLAID AMOIRE POSSIBLY TYROLEAN, LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURYThe back with two paper labels for 'The Rt Hon the EARL OF DUICE, Date Rec 7/10 40, Depos No :- 7795, WALTER CARTER, MANCHESTER' 217cm high, 168cm wide, 63cm deep overall Provenance: The Earls of Ducie. There is a label stapled to the back from a removals company, Walter Carter of Manchester, and dated 7/10/40. The family seat, Tortworth Court in Gloucestershire, is a large house designed by Samuel Sander Teulon between 1848 and 1853. Early in World War II, Tortworth was requisitioned by the Navy, renamed HMS Cabbala and used as a training base for coding and signals. Presumably this piece was removed at that time. Some time after the war, Tortworth became HMP Leyfield, eventually being restored and is now run as an hotel.