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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED SARCOPHAGUS SHAPED CELLARET
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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED SARCOPHAGUS SHAPED CELLARET

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND EBONISED SARCOPHAGUS SHAPED CELLARET
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The hinged domed top carved acrotae and centred by a lion mask ring handle, the lead lined divided interior with a Bramah patent lock, teh front carved with leaf and foliate swags issuing from ram's head masks, on a stepped plinth base and fluted square supports
23in. (59cm.) high, 27in. (69cm.) wide, 18in. (46cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale; Sotheby's London, 12th February 1999 lot 149
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. This lot is subject to storage and collection charges. **For Furniture and Decorative Objects, storage charges commence 7 days from sale. Please contact department for further details.**
Further details
THE NEXT SUNDAY SALE WILL BE CONDUCTED ON 29 JULY 2007 AT 11.30 AM

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Lot Essay

The sarcophagus wine-cellaret is conceived in the manner of a Grecian cippus altar, with palm-flowered acrotia in the fashion popularised by George Smith's, Collection of Designs for Household Furniture, 1808 ( pl.98). Smith's later publication entitled The Cabinet Maker and Upholsterers Guide, also featured a Grecian cellaret pattern with triumphal-arched dome ( pl.4).
A closely related sarcophagus, but lacking bacchic laurel-festooned ram-masks, was sold Sotheby's London 12 November 1993 lot 169.

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