EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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AN IRISH REGENCY MAHOGANY FIVE-PEDESTAL DINING-TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rounded rectangular reeded top, consisting of five pedestals, four pedestals with turned reeded baluster shaft above three reeded tapering squared legs, the central pedestal with turned reeded baluster shaft above four reeded tapering squared legs on brass caps and castors, with four later leaves, sixteen brass clips, restorations, the four legged pedestal originally with three legs and with consequential restorations to the column
28¾ in. (73 cm.) high; 272½ in. (27 ft. 7 in.; 692 cm.) long overall; 57 in. (144.5 cm.) wide
The leaves: two leaves 23¾ in. (60.5 cm.) wide; the other two leaves 24½ in. (62.5 cm.) wide

Provenance

Probably acquired by Richard White, 1st Earl of Bantry (d. 1851) or his son, Viscount Berehaven, later 2nd Earl of Bantry (1800-1868), Bantry House, Co. Cork and by descent at Bantry.

Literature

D. Guinness & W. Ryan. Irish houses & castles, New York, 1971, p. 68.
J. Cornforth, 'Bantry House, County Cork - II', Country Life, 3 August 1989, p. 58, fig. 1.
J. O'Brien & D. Guinness, Great Irish Houses & Castles, New York, 1992, p. 94.
H. Montgomery-Massingberd & C. Simon Sykes, Great Houses of Ireland, London, 1999, p. 184.

Special notice

No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

The aggrandisement of Bantry House, Co. Cork took place under the stewardship of the 2nd Earl. His father, the 1st Earl (d. 1851), in about 1816 had more or less moved into a nearby cottage orné at Glengariff and after the death of his wife in 1835 lived there permanently. The alterations to the house took place in in the 1840s, and it is therefore possible that this table was acquired by either the 1st or 2nd Earl.

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