Hyde Park Antiques: Past, Present and Future Part I
Hyde Park Antiques: Past, Present and Future Part I
No reserve
Auction Closed
January 31, 05:43 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 8,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A George III Mahogany Serving Table, Circa 1780
height 37 in.; width 80 in.; depth 30 in.
94 cm; 203 cm; 76 cm
The arms on the frieze are those of Baker with the arms of Lloyd in pretence, and this table was likely commissioned around the time of the marriage of The Rev. William Lloyd Baker of Stouts Hill, Gloucestershire to Mary Lloyd. Mary was the daughter of William's uncle the Rev. John Lloyd, rector of Ryton, Durham, who was the grandson of William Lloyd, Bishop of St. Asaph, Lichfield and Coventry and Worcester, and last of the male line. The coat of arms probably reflects Mary's status as heiress of the Lloyd family.
Stouts Hill was built in the Georgian 'Gothick' style for Timothy Gyde around 1743, probably designed by the architect William Halfpenny (d.1755). It was acquired by William Lloyd Baker in the last quarter of the 18th century. Baker's son Thomas would later acquire Hardwicke Court, Gloucestershire from Philip Yorke, the first Earl of Hardwicke, and commission Sir Robert Smirke to build a new house on the site. Members of the Lloyd-Baker family continued to live at Stouts Hill until 1935, when Olive Lloyd-Baker leased the house to a preparatory school, which closed in 1980.