A Celebration of the English Country House

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Lot 65
  • 65

Two Regency polychrome painted and parcel-gilt papier-mâché trays by Henry Clay circa 1810

Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
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Description

  • papier mache
  • the larger 23 1/4 in. by 30 1/4 in.; the smaller 19 in. by 23 3/4 in.
  • 59.1 cm; 76.8 cm; 48.3 cm; 60.3 cm
of rectangular form with rounded edges centered by a rectangular panel painted with Chinese figures on a parcel-gilt ground with flowering foliage, each with a later glass panel and on a later conforming stand.  The underside of each stamped CLAY / PATENT beneath an impressed crown.