A GEORGE III FRET-CARVED MAHOGANY SILVER TABLE

CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III FRET-CARVED MAHOGANY SILVER TABLE
Circa 1770
The rectangular top with a pierced gallery and blind-fret carved frieze raised on square tapering legs with pierced, scrolled spandrels, the legs headed by lozenge carved panels above ribbed elongated quatrefoil reserves on bulbous feet and brass and leather casters, small replacements to carving, casters possibly associated
30½in. (77.5cm.) high, 39in. (99cm.) wide, 20¾in. (53cm.) deep

Lot Essay

This elegant silver table relates to a group of tables by the Royal cabinet-maker John Cobb, which display Vitruvian scrolled friezes and more importantly very similarly fashioned pierced looped brackets to the tops of the legs. The connection to Cobb is confirmed by the serving table in this group, currently at Temple Newsam House, Leeds which was supplied to Sir George Strickland at Boynton Hall, Yorkshire, illustrated in C. Gilbert, Furniture at Temple Newsam House and Lotherton Hall, Leeds, 1978, no.337, pp. 278-280. A near identical serving table was sold Christie's London, 6 July 2000, lot 137, while a related silver table was sold in these Rooms, Property from The Estate of Dorris Merrill Magowan, 22 May 2002, lot 20.

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