Lot 372
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A GEORGE III POLYCHROME-PAINTED OCCASIONAL TABLE

Details
A GEORGE III POLYCHROME-PAINTED OCCASIONAL TABLE
LATE 18TH CENTURY

The molded rectangular top decorated en grisaille with a rectangular panel depicting classical warriors on a striped ground, the frieze decorated with classical urns and anthemia, on square tapering legs decorated with pendant vines and headed by urns, the underside bearing a Norman Adams label
28in. (71cm.) high, 30in. (76cm.) wide, 17¾in. (45cm.) deep

Lot Essay

The classical panel is derived from Johann Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein's Collection of Engravings from Ancient Vases...now in the possession of Sir Wm. Hamilton, which was published between 1791 and 1803. Sir William Hamilton's vase collection was lost in a shipwreck en route to England in 1798, but was recovered thereafter and is now in the British Museum, London.