MID-18TH CENTURY

細節

A GEORGE II MAHOGANY TRIPOD KETTLE-STAND
MID-18TH CENTURY
The circular moulded dished top on a stop-fluted shaft, with egg-and-dart carved collar, on shell-headed cabriole legs with claw-and-ball feet, one foot repaired
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high; 17½ in. (44.5 cm.) diameter

來源

Samuel Messer, Esq. (+); sold Christie's London, 5 December 1991, lot 72.

注意事項

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium

拍品專文

The tripod table was formerly in the collection of Samuel Messer (d. 1991), who assembled an outstanding collection of English furniture, clocks and barometers between circa 1950 and 1991. Initially advised by R.W. Symonds (d. 1958), the great furniture historian, the Messer collection was concentrated on the Chippendale period with particular attention being paid to untouched condition, original patination and fine quality of timber, combined with good proportions, an elegant line and a balanced use of crisply carved ornament. Many of the pieces in the collection came themselves from other distinguished collections formed with Symonds's advice, including those formed by Percival Griffiths, Fred Skull and J.S. Sykes.

Robert Symonds was instrumental in building the Percival Griffiths collection, which he used to illustrate his book English Furniture from Charles II to George II in 1929. This publication brought Griffiths' collection to the forefront and demonstrated the passion which both men had for original patination and fine quality of timber.
See also lot 133 in this sale, also formerly in the Samuel Messer collection.