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Lot Essay
An identical example from the collection of Lord Forteviot is now in the St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, Missouri (acquired from Mallett in 1940 and illustrated in C.E. Buckley, 'Decorative Arts in the City Art Museum of Saint Louis', The Magazine Antiques, July 1969, p.77).
A closely related table, possibly by the same maker featuring shells clasping the garlands on the front as well as the sides and lacking tassles was sold by the Rt. Hon. Viscount Hereford, Sotheby's London, 8 March 1985, lot 90 (£15,400). Another similar table formerly in the collection of Mary Caroline, Duchess of Sutherland at Carbisdale Castle, Rosshire, was sold by William Goadby Loew, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 5-6 January 1951, lot 173.
A closely related table, possibly by the same maker featuring shells clasping the garlands on the front as well as the sides and lacking tassles was sold by the Rt. Hon. Viscount Hereford, Sotheby's London, 8 March 1985, lot 90 (£15,400). Another similar table formerly in the collection of Mary Caroline, Duchess of Sutherland at Carbisdale Castle, Rosshire, was sold by William Goadby Loew, Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, 5-6 January 1951, lot 173.