Lot Essay
Similar plate stands formed part of the dining room furnishings at Kenwood, Hampstead, commissioned in 1801-2 from Gillows by David Murray, 3rd Earl of Mansfield (d.1840) and listed in the 1831 inventory of the house (J. Bryant,Kenwood, 1990). The stand relates closely to an example sold Christie's, London, 50 Years of Collecting: Decorative Arts of Georgian England, 14 May 2003, lot 142.