Lot 627
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A VICTORIAN OAK AND INLAID FULL-SIZE SNOOKER TABLE
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A VICTORIAN OAK AND INLAID FULL-SIZE SNOOKER TABLE

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A VICTORIAN OAK AND INLAID FULL-SIZE SNOOKER TABLE
Decorated with cupids, stags and scrolling foliage, the frieze with two cartouches inlaid with the verse THE REDOLENT SMILE OF AEGLENTYNE WE STAGGS EXAVET and FOR·HAROLD·ALFREDS·SON·HERBERT·CHRISTIANS·SON·MADE·ME· on polygonal tapered legs, withour a maker's mark, with a later oak scoreboard with four panel doors, a Funts patent No 12296 cue rack, a billiard ball and a snooker ball box, a triangle and cue rack and six shade light fittings
approximate size 144in.(366cm.) long, 35in. (89cm.) wide, 72in. (183cm.) wide
Special notice
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis. All lots sold not cleared by 1.00p.m. on the Thursday following the sale will be removed to the warehouse of: Cadogan Tate Ltd., Fine Art Services Cadogan House, 2 Relay Road London W12 7JS Telephone: 44 (0)20 8753 3700 Facsimile: 44 (0)20 8753 3701 Lots will be available for collection following transfer to Cadogan Tate on the Friday following the sale and every weekday from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE WILL BE NO CHARGE TO PURCHASERS WHO COLLECT THEIR LOTS WITHIN ONE WEEK OF THE SALE. On the Thursday one week after the sale, a transfer and administration charge of £18.50 per lot will be payable and a storage charge of £3.20 per lot per day will then come into effect. These charges are payable to Cadogan Tate and are subject to VAT and an insurance surcharge.

Lot Essay

The table and its decoration are based on the Eglantine Table in the High Great Chamber of Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire. The central board of the top is inlaid within a cartouche supported by two stags with the motto The redolent smele of Aeglantyne We stagges exault to the deveyne. At Hardwick, the Hardwick coat of arms is supported by two stags and a stag with a collar of wild roses, or eglantines, a symbol of chastity, was the Hardwick family crest

The absence of a maker's mark or stamp is unusual for an item of furniture of this quality.

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