ID 1250855
Lot 49 | AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE
Estimate value
£ 60 000 – 100 000
CIRCA 1760
The lobed tilt-top with pierced ribbon gallery centred by handles to each side, on a fluted acanthus and ribbon-and-rosette carved baluster stem with egg-and-dart collar, the cabriole legs with cabochon and acanthus carved knees terminating in claw-and-ball feet on recessed brass castors, the manuscript label to the underside of the top reading 'The late Sir Walter John Trevelyan 8th Baronet/ Nettlecombe Court./ Somerset.'
26 in. (74 cm.) high; 30 in. (76.5 cm.) wide; 27 ¼ in. (69 cm.) deep
Provenance
The Trevelyan Family, Nettlecombe Court, Somerset;
thence by descent to Sir Walter John Trevelyan, (d. 1931), according to label;
Acquired from the above by Samuel Messer, Pelsham Manor, on the advice of R.W. Symonds.
Bequeathed to John Bragg of Rye;
by whom sold to the present owner circa 1992.
Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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Auction house category: | Furniture and Lamps |
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Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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