A George III brass-inlaid mahogany tripod table circa 1760, the manner of Frederick Hintz

the shaped tilt-top with a brass inlaid spindle gallery, the spiral-fluted stem on cabriole legs with brass inlaid knees and pointed pad feet

Probably commissioned by Sir George Lyttelton, 5th Bt., and 1st Baron Lyttelton of Frankley (d. 1773) for Hagley Hall, Worcestershire and thence by descent at Hagley Hall.

Good overall condition. Characteristic minor old repaired breaks to spindle gallery with one small section of moulding now missing. Minor age crack near one edge of top Minor age cracks to lower part of turned stem just above the tripod supports. For further information on this Lot, please contact the English Furniture Department on 00 44 (0) 207 293-5470.
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This type of table worked in the 'boule' fashion originates from a small group of emigrant cabinet-makers attracted to London during the reign of George II. One known maker to have produced such tables is Moravian cabinet-maker and embellisher of musical instruments Johann Friedrich Hintz (d. 1776). Hintz (also spelt Hinz, Hints and Hinds) traded at 'The Porcupine', Newport Street, and on May 22, 1738 advertised a sale of 'A Choice Tea-Boards, etc. all curiously [finely wrought] made and inlaid with fine Figures of Brass and Mother of Pearl. They will be sold at a very reasonable rate, the maker Frederick Hintz, designing soon to go abroad' (G.Beard and C.Gilbert, eds., The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, Leeds, 1986, p. 434). Whilst this table does not exhibit the characteristic figural inlay or the dished and lobed top so frequently associated with Hintz, the form of the stem and the foot of the table is very much in his manner. In addition to Hintz, John Channon and the firm of Landall and Gordon are also known to have produced work of this nature.