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Lot Essay
WITH ITS PIERCED 'GOTHICK' OGEE PANELED CABRIOLE LEGS AND SCROLLED TOES, THIS TABLE RELATES TO A DRAWING FOR A TEA 'KITCHEN' KETTLE STAND BY GILLOWS, DATED MAY 1769, AND EXECUTED BY WILLIAM BALL AND RICHARD GIBSON FOR THOMAS WILLIS, ESQ. (REPRODUCED IN L. BOYNTON, ED., GILLOW FURNITURE DESIGNS 1760-1800, HERTFORDSHIRE, 1995, PL.70).
A CLOSELY RELATED TABLE, ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE SAME WORKSHOP, WAS SOLD FROM THE COLLECTION OF SAMUEL MESSER, ESQ., CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 5 DECEMBER 1991, LOT 82 (39,600).
A CLOSELY RELATED TABLE, ALMOST CERTAINLY FROM THE SAME WORKSHOP, WAS SOLD FROM THE COLLECTION OF SAMUEL MESSER, ESQ., CHRISTIE'S LONDON, 5 DECEMBER 1991, LOT 82 (39,600).