A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE

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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN (LOTS 113-116)

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A WILLIAM IV MAHOGANY SIDE TABLE
The rectangular top with moulded edge above a frieze centred by a crest of a hand grasping a buckle, in an oval strap belt with a motto and surrounded by scrolling foliage, the ends with rectangular panels, on acanthus-carved and fluted scrolled serpentine volutes with paw feet, on a concave-fronted rectangular plinth base with reeded band, with paper label on the reverse inscribed in ink '...4 37 A. Brocklebank' (?) and '119', and inscribed in chalk 'LOT 149', with screw-holes on the reverse of the legs and side friezes, possibly reduced in size
39¼ in. (100 cm.) high; 55 in. (140 cm.) wide; 23¼ in. (59 cm.) deep

Provenance

The Case Family.
A. Brocklebank.
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 5 July 1996, lot 149.

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Lot Essay

The crest is that of the Case family of Ince and Red Hazels, Lancashire, and Thingwall Hall, near Liverpool.

The 'Case' family armorials are displayed on the sideboard-table's frieze within a palm-flowered bas-relief of Roman acanthus; while its hollowed plinth and paw-footed 'Roman' truss pilasters or 'consoles' are enriched with reeds. Intended to stand before a mirrored window-pier, it relates to patterns for 'Console' and 'Pier' tables issued in George Smith's, Cabinet Maker's Guide, 1826, pls. LXIV and XXVII.

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