A PAIR OF EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT SIMULATED-ROSEWOOD MAHOGANY JARDINIERES

OF REGENCY STYLE, 20TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF EBONISED AND PARCEL-GILT SIMULATED-ROSEWOOD MAHOGANY JARDINIERES
Of Regency style, 20th Century
Each with an egg-and-dart moulding above the circular basin with acanthus leaves, on three C-scroll legs joined by a scrolling acanthus apron and above a concave-sided stretcher, the acanthus-wrapped feet on a concave-sided plinth base, redecorated, incised '47' and '56' to the underside
24½ in. (62 cm.) diam.; 39½ in. (100 cm.) high (2)

Lot Essay

The 'Trotter' plant-stand pattern derives from a 'tripod stand for flower basket' illustrated in George Smith's The Cabinet-Maker and Upholsterer's Guide, 1826 (pl. CXXXIX). The present stands, with their acanthus-wrapped brackets, correspond to a pair of rosewood stands, with painted baskets, thought to have been supplied circa 1815 to the Marquess of Tweeddale at Yester House, East Lothian, by William Trotter of Edinburgh (F. Bamford, A Dictionary of Edinburgh Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Furniture History Society, Leeds, 1983, pp. 115-116). An almost identical pair of jardinières was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 20 January 1996, lot 332, and a pair with rosewood bases was sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 30 January 1993, lot 302.

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