A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES - photo 1
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES - photo 2
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES - photo 3
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES - photo 4
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES - photo 5
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES - photo 6
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES - photo 7
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES - photo 8

A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES

Lot 9
22.11.2022 10:00UTC +00:00
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£ 70 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 9 | A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES
Estimate value
£ 70 000 – 100 000
A PAIR OF GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED HAREWOOD, SATINWOOD, AMARANTH, FRUITWOOD MARQUETRY, PAINTED AND GILTWOOD DEMI-LUNE CONSOLE TABLES

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM INCE AND JOHN MAYHEW, CIRCA 1770

Each top with ribbon-tied reeded edge, the satinwood border inlaid with foliate scrolls and anthemia, the back with a half fan patera within a foliate inlaid band, the harewood ground inlaid with ribbon-tied swags of coloured and finely engraved Summer flowers and pinecones alternating baskets of flowers and pelta shields, the frieze inlaid with a band of anthemion centred by an oval tablet painted with scenes of putti within giltwood fringed drapery, the two incurved legs headed by square flowerhead carved blocks and carved with overhanging leaves joined by later semi-circular plinths with ribbon and reed giltwood mouldings, differences in width

33 1/2 in. (85 cm.) high; 51 3/4 in. (131.5 cm.) and 47 3/4 in. (121.3 cm.) wide; 23 3/4 in. (60.5 cm.) deep





Provenance

Probably supplied to John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset as part of the internal remodelling of 33 (now 38) Grosvenor Square by John Johnson, circa 1777.

Purchased with the house in 1792 by Sir Henry Gouch Calthorpe, 2nd Bt (1749-1798), later 1st Baron Calthorpe, and thence by descent at the house until sold after the death of the widow of the 6th Baron Calthorpe.

The late Maud, Lady Calthorpe, 38 Grosvenor Square, Phillips House Sale, 11 May 1925, lots 289-290 (both lots bought by Partridge Fine Art Ltd, London).

Mrs I. Hill.

With Partridge, from whom purchased on 27 July 1962 for £4,500 by

Sir Michael Sobell for Bakeham House, near Egham, Surrey.

The Sir Michael Sobell Collection; Christie's, London, 23 June 1994, lot 138 (withdrawn from the sale and retained by the family).



Literature

H. Roberts and C. Cator, Industry and Ingenuity - The Partnership of William Ince and John Mayhew, London, 2022, pp. 248-9 and 421, fig. 498.



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Manufactur:Mayhew & Ince
Applied technique:Marquetry
Medium:Giltwood, Wood
Art style:Neoclassicism, Old Masters
Historical era:Georgian period
Place of origin:Northern Europe, United Kingdom
Category:Tables
Auction house category:Furniture and Lamps, Tables
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