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    21 May 2015

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    • A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY-TOP
    • A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY-TOP
    • A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY-TOP
    • A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY-TOP
    Lot 37

    A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY-TOP TRIPOD TABLE

    CIRCA 1760, THE BASE ASSOCIATED AND LATER CARVED

    Price realised

    GBP 5,625

    Estimate

    GBP 3,000 - GBP 5,000

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    A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRAY-TOP TRIPOD TABLE
    CIRCA 1760, THE BASE ASSOCIATED AND LATER CARVED
    The shaped top with pieced baluster gallery and four pierced handles above a birdcage support, on a spirally-fluted shaft and cabriole legs headed by foliage and cartouches, on claw feet
    28 in. (71 cm.) high; 20 in. (51.5 cm.) square

    Provenance

    Mrs Margaret Alice Raphael, Christie's, London, 11 May 1967, lot 61.
    Anonymous sale, Christie's, London, 11 February 1999, lot 100.

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    Lot Essay

    A similar serpentine and spindle-galleried tray was sold anonymously, Christie's, London, 3 July 1997, lot 4. Another featured on a tripod table sold from the Samuel Messer Collection, in these Rooms, 5 December 1991, lot 71.

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    Pre-Lot Text

    THE PROPERTY FROM A EUROPEAN PRIVATE COLLECTION (LOTS 36-38)

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