BY JENNENS AND BETTRIDGE, MID-19TH CENTURY

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AN EARLY VICTORIAN BLACK, GILT AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID PAPIER-MACHE OVAL TRAY
BY JENNENS AND BETTRIDGE, MID-19TH CENTURY
Centred by a fête galant within a scrolling cartouche surrounded by similar scenes, on a later stand, stamped 'Jennens & Bettridge, Makers to the Queen'
21 ½ in. (54.5 cm.) high; 32 ½ in. (82.5 cm.) wide; 25 ¾ in. (65.5 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

The firm of Messrs. Aaron Jennens & T. H. Bettridge (fl. 1815-1864) were reputed for their manufacture of highly skilled papier-mâché wares. Jennens & Bettridge, orginally based in Birmingham, took over Henry Clay's workshops in 1816. They set up a London shop at 3 West Halkin Street, Belgravia in 1837 and opened offices in Paris and New York two years later.
Jennens & Bettridge served as 'Japanners in Ordinary' to George IV and exhibited at the 1851 Great Exhibition.

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