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A Victorian gilt-brass mounted Blue John centre table, circa 1860, the top attributed to Thomas Woodruff, the base by William Tonks and Sons
Auction Closed
December 4, 03:22 PM GMT
Estimate
80,000 - 120,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
the circular Blue John veneered top applied in segments to form concentric rings, the frieze with a border of paterae filled guilloche headed by fluting and stop-fluting, the three similarly cast scrolled supports decorated with husks and converging on a hexagonal pillar with a gadrooned ball finial and decorated on each facet with sunflowers, the arched tripod base similarly decorated with husks and trailing flowers on leafy paw feet; the top inside edge of each support stamped 'WT&S' beneath star motif
78.3cm. high, 101cm. diameter;
2ft. 6 ⅞ in., 3ft. 3 ¾ in.
With E. White (Thomas Woodruff's partner) in 1924;
Charles Boot Esq., J.P., Thornbridge Hall, Ashford-in-the Water, Derbyshire;
Sold on the site by Eadon, Lockwood and Riddle, 6-9th, 13-16th November 1945, lot 494;
In the Ollerenshaw collection from 1945, thence by descent until sold Sotheby's, London, 30th November 2001, Important English Furniture, lot 25.
On display at the Thermal Baths building for the visit of Princess Mary, 1921 (cf. Buxton Advertizer, 8 Nov 1921)
Ollerenshaw Collection, The Cavendish Museum, Castleton, Derbyshire, since 1976.
Trevor D. Ford, 'Blue John Fluorspar,' in Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 15 September 1955, vol.30, part 1, no.4, p.56.
Trevor D. Ford, Derbyshire Blue John, 2000, p.99.
A. E. Ollerenshaw & R. J. & D. Harrison, The history of Blue John Stone, methods of mining & working, ancient & modern, 1985.
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