Lot 304
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The Property of THE ANTONY CHILDS TRUST (Lots 304-309)
A REGENCY STYLE BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DUMBWAITER

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A REGENCY STYLE BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY DUMBWAITER

The two circular shelves with Greek key brass gallery and sectioned columnar supports swivelling on a tapering reeded stem and splayed fluted legs with casters 42¼in. (108cm.) high, 24½in. (62cm.) diameter

Lot Essay

An identical dumbwaiter from Inverary Castle, Argyllshire is illustrated in J.C. Rogers, English Furniture, 1967, p.239, fig. 197. Another nearly identical is illustrated in C. Claxton Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection, 1983, p.273.