Lot 186
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A DANISH BLUE-PAINTED AND ROUEN FAIENCE CENTRE TABLE
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A DANISH BLUE-PAINTED AND ROUEN FAIENCE CENTRE TABLE

MID-18TH CENTURY, THE FAIENCE EARLY 18TH CENTURY

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A DANISH BLUE-PAINTED AND ROUEN FAIENCE CENTRE TABLE
Mid-18th Century, the faience early 18th Century
The moulded rectangular tray top decorated in blue and red, the table with a slide to each side above a canted and serpentine-shaped frieze and on cabriole legs, previously overdecorated in brown and now dry-stripped to the original decoration
27¼ in. (69 cm.) high; 24 in. (61 cm.) wide; 16½ in. (42 cm.) deep
Special notice
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

Lot Essay

Tables with large faience tray tops were highly prized in Scandinavia throughout the 18th Century, and various manufatories made tops specially for this purpose, which were among their most expensive products. The present table has the unusual feature of an earlier faience top which was imported from Rouen. The painted decoration of the base, which has now been revealed, was chosen to match the colours of the top.

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