EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY MAHOGANY THREE-PEDESTAL DINING-TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rounded rectangular top with later rosewood crossbanded edge, on a baluster shaft and quadripartite base with paw feet and brass castors, with two leaves, one leaf later, with eight brass clips stamped 'COPE & COLLINSON'
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 179 in. (14 ft. 11 in., 454.5 cm.) long; 60¾ in. (154 cm.) wide

Provenance

Supplied to Major Henry Percy (1785-1825), circa 1816, Portman Square and left by him to his brother
Lord Charles Percy, Guy's Cliffe, Warwickshire and by descent in the Percy and Heber-Percy family at Guy's Cliffe until circa 1946 and by direct family descent to the present owner.

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Lot Essay

Major Henry Percy was aide-de-camp to Sir John Moore at Corunna and to the Duke of Wellington at Waterloo. He was responsible for bringing the news of Wellington's victory at Waterloo to the Prince Regent in London. By November 1806 Henry Percy was a Captain in the 7th Fusiliers and in 1810 transferred to the 14th Light Dragoons. He was taken prisoner during the retreat from Burgos in 1812. After the battle of Waterloo, he arrived in London on the evening of 21 June, bringing home the Waterloo dispatches and captured French eagles.

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