Lot 137
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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY TWO-TIER DUMB-WAITER
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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY TWO-TIER DUMB-WAITER

ATTRIBUTED TO GILLOWS

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A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY TWO-TIER DUMB-WAITER
Attributed to Gillows
With moulded circular tiers, on turned spreading reeded supports, on outsplayed scrolling legs with foliate clasps, with brass castors, stamped 'I.L'
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 23¾ in. (60.5 cm.) diam.
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The dining-room dumb-waiter, with its reed enrichments, vase-turned pillar, and voluted Grecian-scrolled and palm-wrapped 'claw', corresponds to a design, dated 1830 in the Estimate Sketch Book (no. 3962) of Gillow of London and Lancaster executed for a Mr. Bastard. A similar dumb-waiter (height 32 in.) was sold anonymously, Christie's South Kensington, 29 November 1995, lot 172.

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