Sale 7481
London
|
24 May 2007
Price realised
GBP 2,160
Estimate
AN EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY THREE-TIER DUMB-WAITER CIRCA 1765, PROBABLY SCOTTISH With a triangular undertier fitted with a door, on splayed legs with later castors, the feet cut, the underside with a paper label inscribed '184 D.H.M.', the top tier also with a paper label 52 in. (132 cm.) high
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