A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND BRASS MARQUETRY CARD TABLE

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A REGENCY ROSEWOOD AND BRASS MARQUETRY CARD TABLE
The baize lined hinged crossbanded top inlaid with an engraved border of cut brass with running acanthus leaf scrolls punctuated by wounded bears, hunters, hounds, serpents, armadillos, vines and grapes with a foliate contrepartie inlaid tablet in the frieze and to the rounded corners, on chamfered rectangular spreading column with gadrooned moulding and quatrefoil platform with foliate scroll and paw feet
38in. (96.5cm.) wide, 19in. (48cm.) deep, 29.5in. (75cm.) high

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

Lot Essay

The brass marquetry on this table is similar to that on the Creedy Park suite of furniture supplied by the London cabinet maker John Wellsman to Sir John Davie, 9th Baronet 1798-1824, for the Drawing Room at Creedy Park Devon in 1820. The suite was included in a sale of Important English Furniture at Sotheby's London on 7th November 1997, lot 88.

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