拍品 44
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TRIPOD TABLE, THIRD QUARTER 18TH CENTURY |

估價
1,500 - 2,500 USD
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描述

  • height 28 in., width 22 in., depth 19 in.
  • 71 cm, 56 cm, 48.3 cm
with baluster gallery top, bearing a manuscript label from Lorna Countess Howe

來源

Lorna, Countess Howe (d.1961)
Christie's London, June 5, 1997, lot 228

Condition

Top and base associated, top possibly originally a tray; tripod with birdcage structure but top without catch and bearers so it turns but does not tilt. Glued old breaks to top moulding of baluster gallery, one is again loose. Two feet with repaired breaks. Minor staining, discolouration, scratches and dents commensurate with age.
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拍品資料及來源

Lorna Catherine Curzon, Countess Howe, was the third wife of Richard George Penn Curzon, 4th Earl Howe (d.1929).  She was an authority on and award-winning breeder of Labrador Retrievers, and her 1957 book The Popular Labrador Retriever is still a standard reference work.