A GEORGE III MAHOGANY FOUR PEDESTAL DINING TABLE circa 1800

each figured top with a reeded edge tilting above a baluster turned  column on a four splay support with down-swept hipped square reeded legs with brass cap castors cast with stylized foliage and shells; together with three leaves. 

Hatch Court, Hatch Beauchamp, Somerset

Sold, Wooley and Wallis, Fine Art Auctioneers, Salisbury, Wiltshire, January 9, 2001, lot 152

Please note that the color of the catalogue illustration is not accurate. The table has a good mid-brown mahogany color with well figured timber and a waxed finish. The casters are brass and not silver colored as in the illustration. The three extra leaves are associated. The top probably reduced slightly in depth and length and the edge later reeded. The catches to the underside of the top have been repositioned. There have been small square holes cut into the supports to the underside of the table to accept bearers to support the leaves although these are now absent. Due to the resizing of the top there are consequential repositioning of the clip receptors. There is a small repaired crack to one foot. Overall an impressive and good quality table in good overall condition. One leaf is 24 5/8 inches in length, the second leaf is 25 7/8 inches in length, the third leaf is 27 1/4 inches in length.
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