Lot 102
102
A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY TWO-TIER DUMB WAITERS attributed to Gillows, the reeded dished graduated tiers joined by ring-turned baluster-supports, above a gadrooned and ring-turned shaft and reeded tapering legs with brass caps and castors

Details
A PAIR OF REGENCY MAHOGANY TWO-TIER DUMB WAITERS attributed to Gillows, the reeded dished graduated tiers joined by ring-turned baluster-supports, above a gadrooned and ring-turned shaft and reeded tapering legs with brass caps and castors
24¼in. (61.5cm.) diam.; 38¼in. (97cm.) high (2)
Provenance
Almost certainly supplied to Thomas Langford-Brooke (d. 1815)

Lot Essay

These are the 'two mahogany dumb waiters' listed in the Dining Room in the 1840 inventory

The reed-enriched trays, pedestal and Grecian-scrolled 'claw' typify Messrs. Gillow's early 19th Century 'antique' style. This particular baluster pattern, incorporating octagonal chocks, features in their pattern no. 3008, for a 'Dumb waiter with two tops' in their Estimate Sketch Books for April 1819

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