MID-18TH CENTURY, THE TOP POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED

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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY KETTLE-STAND
MID-18TH CENTURY, THE TOP POSSIBLY ASSOCIATED
The dished circular piecrust top, on a spreading fluted and upspringing acanthus-wrapped baluster stem, on acanthus-headed cabriole legs with claw feet
20¼ in. (51.5 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) diameter

Provenance

The Estate of Martha Baird Rockefeller; Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, 15 October 1971, lot 297.
The Roosevelt Family; Christie's, New York, 14 February 2001, lot 550.

Lot Essay

On August 15, 1951, John Davison Rockefeller, Jr. (JDR Jr.) married Mrs. Martha Baird Allen, a former concert pianist and the widow of Arthur M. Allen, a classmate at Brown University. JDR Jr. was a generous philanthropist and the son of John D. Rockefeller, founder of the Standard Oil Company. Martha Baird Rockefeller became a respected philanthropist in her own right, and created the Martha Baird Rockefeller Fund for Music in 1957.

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