MID-18TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY GATE-LEG RENT OR OYSTER-TABLE
MID-18TH CENTURY
The circular moulded twin-flap top, the centre of the top with hinged flap, above two frieze drawers at each end and one long deep drawer at one end, on lappet-headed club legs and pad feet
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 39¼ in. (99.5 cm.) wide, open; 39½ in. (100.5 cm.) deep

Provenance

Bought from John G. Morris, Ltd., Market Square, Petworth, West Sussex, 27 June 1992.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium, which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

An oyster table with similar hinged flap in the centre of the top is at Newbridge House, Co. Dublin. It has recently been associated with '1 Oyster Table', recorded in the Sitting Room in 1821. Like the present table, a drawer is positioned beneath the flap which is likely to have been zinc-lined to take the shucked oyster shells. Slides at either end contol the position of the flap (J. Peill, 'Heirlooms of Newbridge House', Irish Arts Review, Summer 2003, p. 99-100, figs. 1-2). The drawers on this table, however, are fitted with locks, suggesting that the table's drawer may have been used to secure a valuable commodity.

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