A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY DINING-ROOM BUCKET

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A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND MAHOGANY DINING-ROOM BUCKET
Of monumental proportions, the circular dished top with zinc liner above a revolving tapering body with two brass collars and baluster axe-head carrying-handles to each side, the front with a door enclosing a plain interior, on a square plinth base with simple arched apron and bracket feet with brass anti-friction castors, with Norman Adams label, the handles possibly original
23½ in. (59.5 cm.) high; 19 in. (48.5 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep

來源

Bought from Norman Adams, March 1963.

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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

拍品專文

The most closely related type of furniture is a group of buckets, some on stands, that also have doors in the front and which were probably used as commodes to conceal chamber pots. There is one that now lacks its door and its stand at Malahide Castle, Ireland (G.A. Kenyon, Irish Furniture at Malahide Castle, Dublin, 1994, p. 67) and another was sold anonymously, Sotheby's London, 10 July 1992, lot 127. It had both door and stand.
There is a large beer barrel mounted on a low stand at Tabley House, Cheshire, although its castors are mounted on the outside rather than elegantly concealed beneath the stand as here (R. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev. ed., London, 1954, vol. II, p. 107, fig. 5).