AUDACIOUS THEFT
Posing as workmen carrying out renovations, a gang of thieves who, apparently, specialise in antique furniture and fittings, stole eight mantelpieces valued at over £IOOO from an unoccupied house in Cavendish square (says the Daily Mail). The house, which has been empty for about a year, stands on the site of that it which Romney, the painter, lived. One of the missing mantelpieces, a beautifully carved statuary piece in marble, once stood in Romney’s studio. Another is a genuine Adam mantelpiece, while two are attributed to Grinling Gibbons. The thieves, who made a systematic search of every room, also took a number of valuable mahogany and satinwood wardrobe doors and drawers. It is believed the thieves took more than one day to carry out the extensive “ removals.” A heavy lorry must have been used to cart away the fittings. It is believed the mantelpieces may be shipped to America for disposal to buyers of stolen works of art. Recently four Adam mantelpieces were stolen from a house occupied by the Architectural Association in Bedford square, W.l. Two marble Adam mantelpieces wore stolen in November, 1029, from a house in Portland place.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21537, 8 January 1932, Page 4
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193AUDACIOUS THEFT Otago Daily Times, Issue 21537, 8 January 1932, Page 4
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