A REGENCY MAHOGANY CELLARET

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY CELLARET
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Inlaid overall with satinwood banding and boxwood lines, the stepped hinged top enclosing bottle divisions, above scrolled sides, on downswept legs, brass paw caps and casters, the lock stamped 'HOBBS & CO. LONDON', inscribed in yellow chalk '5781'
24¼ in. (62 cm.) high; 27 in. (68.5 cm.) wide; 15¼ in. (39 cm.) deep

來源

Anonymous sale; Christie's, New York, 24 October 1984, lot 163.

拍品專文

The Grecian sarcophagus cellaret with ribboned inlay is composed of an Apollo lyre chest on scrolled legs terminating in Bacchic lion-paws. It is designed in the antique fashion popularised by Thomas Sheraton's publications of around 1800.