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THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
(LOTS 140-143)
A PAIR OF REGENCY BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD AND MAHOGANY SWIVEL-ACTION GAMES TABLES
CIRCA 1810, THE BALUSTER-TURNED CENTRAL SUPPORT IN MAHOGANY AND PROBABLY A REPLACEMENT
Details
A PAIR OF REGENCY BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD AND MAHOGANY SWIVEL-ACTION GAMES TABLES
Circa 1810, the baluster-turned central support in mahogany and probably a replacement
Each D-shaped hinged and swivelling top with brass line decoration enclosing a green baize-lined interior, with central turned column support and further X-shaped supports to front and rear, applied with brass roundels, on a canted rectangular base with anthemia capped downswept legs with brass paw caps and casters, each bearing black chalk number N248
28½in. (72.5cm.) high, 36½in. (92cm.) wide, 17½in. (45cm.) deep (2)
Circa 1810, the baluster-turned central support in mahogany and probably a replacement
Each D-shaped hinged and swivelling top with brass line decoration enclosing a green baize-lined interior, with central turned column support and further X-shaped supports to front and rear, applied with brass roundels, on a canted rectangular base with anthemia capped downswept legs with brass paw caps and casters, each bearing black chalk number N248
28½in. (72.5cm.) high, 36½in. (92cm.) wide, 17½in. (45cm.) deep (2)
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's New York, 18 and 20 April 1991, lot 453 ($18,700).