1920-1930's Art Deco Era, Chinese Cocktail Cabinet with Copper and Brass Decoration

1920's - 1930's Art Deco Era, Chinese Cocktail Cabinet with Copper & Brass Decoration.

An interesting & beautiful 1930's, Art Deco era, Chinese "J. L. George & Co" Hardwood Cocktail Cabinet decorated with brass and copper sailing boats, cherry blossom & bamboo. 
There is a flap to extend it at the back using two pull out blocks, There is a 'secret' drawer on the front.

Measuring: 71cms across x 40cms deep x 84cms high.

From the Ex Collection of Rev. John Gage Waller. The items in the collection where mostly brought in Japan during the 1890s. Brief History on Rev. J. G. Waller. Reverend John Gage Waller was an influential figure in the history of Christian missionary in Japan during the 19th century. He was born in southern Ontario Canada in 1863 and later ordained as a priest in the Anglican Church of Canada. In 1890, Waller arrived in Japan as a missionary with his wife, Lydia Susan, of the Anglican Church of Canada first working in Tokyo and later in Fukushima Prefecture. In 1892, Waller arrived in Nagano where he established churches in Nagano City in 1898 (Nagano Holy Saviour Church), Mt. Inari (Chikuma) in 1931, Ueda, Iiyama, and in Takada (Jōetsu, Niigata).