THE TRAY EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE STAND LATE 20TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY BLACK AND POLYCHROME-JAPANNED TOLE TRAY ON A STAND
THE TRAY EARLY 19TH CENTURY, THE STAND LATE 20TH CENTURY
The tray with a solid foliate-decorated gallery with pierced carrying-handles, centred by a an oval scene of Una and her lion and a donkey in a foliate border, the stand with ring-turned splayed legs joined by a X-stretcher
20 in. (51 cm.) high; 30 in. (76.5 cm.) wide; 22¾ in. (57.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The scene is after Angelica Kauffmann (1741-1807) and depicts Una, a virgin whose name signifies Truth, with a guardian lion. The conception is from Edmund Spenser's epic The Faerie Queen, 1596, I, Canto III, ll. 44-7. Kauffman's image was engraved by Burke in 1783.

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