LATE 18TH CENTURY

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A PAIR OF GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND FIDDLEBACK MAHOGANY DINING-ROOM PEDESTALS
LATE 18TH CENTURY
Each with rectangular moulded top above a fluted frieze and a door with concave-cornered panel, one pedestal enclosing a metal-lined interior with two lead-lined later shelves resting on slatted mahogany shelves, the other with three lead-lined drawers, the uppermost with a tap, the lowest with a shallow drawer enclosed behind a hinged and sliding flap, the fourth (bottom) drawer with bottle-divisions, between stop-fluted pilasters headed by paterae, on a plinth base, the brass tap stamped twice 'H. PEARSON', the tops constructed differently, presumably according to their function
43 in. (109 cm.) high; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) wide; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) deep (2)

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Lot Essay

Patterns for related sideboard pedestals, with Roman-fashion sunflowered libation-paterae, featured in A. Hepplewhite & Co.'s, The Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer's Guide, issued in 1788; while The Cabinet-Maker's London Book of Prices, (pl. 36) issued in the same year illustrated a pattern with similar reeded and hollow-cornered tablets. The present tap-fitted pedestal would have supported a vase to hold water for 'the use of the butler, or iced water for drinking' as noted by Hepplewhite.

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