Lot 88
88
A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED, EBONISED AND PENWORK TRIPOD TABLE
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VA… Read more THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE LORD AND LADY ILIFFE OF BASILDON PARK (LOTS 78-88)
A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED, EBONISED AND PENWORK TRIPOD TABLE

EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A REGENCY BRASS-MOUNTED, EBONISED AND PENWORK TRIPOD TABLE
EARLY 19TH CENTURY
The rectangular top with gilt metal-mounted moulded edge depicting a scene from Virgil's Aeneid, on turned baluster stem mounted with rosettes, on double C-scroll legs on ball feet, losses top penwork decoration
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 18¼ in. (46.5 cm.) wide; 18½ in. (47 cm.) deep
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Lot Essay

The Etruscan-black table's flower-wreathed tablet depicts a scene from Virgil's 'Aeneid'. Aeneas, the legendary founder of the Roman race, rides to the defence of the Latins and Trojans against the challenge of Turnus, who is checked by Jupiter's thunderbolts.

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