A WILLIAM IV BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE AND ROSEWOOD TEAPOY

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A WILLIAM IV BIRD'S-EYE MAPLE AND ROSEWOOD TEAPOY
With sarcophagus-shaped top, on an octagonal baluster support and circular platform with four scrolled legs with later bun feet, previously with castors, the lock stamped 'PATENT' below a crown and 'SECURE' below a crown, restorations, the interior previously further fitted
30½ in. (77.5 cm.) high; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) wide; 13 in. (33 cm.) deep

Lot Essay

Related patterns for this form of rectangular cut-cornered chest and baluster on volute-scrolled plinth featured in T. King's The Cabinet-Maker's Sketch book, 1835 (E. T. Joy, Pictorial Dictionary of British 19th Century Furniture Design, Woodbridge, 1977, p. 535).

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