拍品 45
45
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
AN IRISH GEORGE II FIGURED-WALNUT CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD-TABLE

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AN IRISH GEORGE II FIGURED-WALNUT CONCERTINA-ACTION CARD-TABLE
Crossbanded overall, the rounded eared rectangular green baize-lined hinged top with four oval counterwells and four circular candlestands, the concertina-action with a later box, above a plain frieze, on cabriole legs headed by a satyr mask and with paw feet, with remains of depository label to the underside for 'Reeves' depositories WOKINGHAM', one angle-bracket replaced, the legs with remains of 19th Century varnish
36½ in. (92 cm.) wide; 28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) deep, closed

拍品專文

This unusual card-table, with its carved satyr-mask angles and claw feet, is of closely similar vein to the concertina-action example formerly owned by Percival Griffiths and sold from the collection of Sir James Caird, in these Rooms, 8 July 1993, lot 75.