A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY JARDINIERE

SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN ORMOLU-MOUNTED MAHOGANY JARDINIERE
Second quarter 19th Century
The circular top with inset metal-liner and moulded edge above a frieze with three mounts of two griffins flanking a palmette and reeded edge, above a turned spreading shaft with spirally turning foliage and the canted concave-fronted triangular plinth with scrolls headed by foliage to each corner and on bracket feet, losses
23½ in. (60 cm.) diam.; 30 in. (76 cm.) high

Lot Essay

A design for a circular table, published in the Magazin für Freunde eines geschmackvollen Ameublements, Zunächst für Tischler und Ebenisten, 1829, plate 40, has a virtually identical shaft and foot and was described as a 'Table made in the latest fashion'.

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