A PAIR OF REGENCY LACQUERED-BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY TWO-TIER DUMB-WAITERS

CIRCA 1800

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A PAIR OF REGENCY LACQUERED-BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY TWO-TIER DUMB-WAITERS
CIRCA 1800
Each with a pierced Greek key gallery rotating above a ring-turned slender baluster column, on a reeded cylindrical stand and four reeded downswept legs ending in brass caps and casters
42 in. (107 cm.) high, 24¼ in. (61.5 cm.) diameter (2)

Provenance

The Hon. Violet Vivian (1871-1943), MBE, Glyn, Bangor, Wales.
Bought from Mallett, London, in 1955 and by descent.

Sale room notice

These dumbwaiters have additional provenance. The Hon. Violet Vivian MBE, Glin Bangor, Wales. Bought from Mallett, London, in 1955 and then by descent.

Lot Essay

An identical dumbwaiter from the collection of the Dukes of Argyll at Inverary Castle, Argyll is illustrated in J.C. Rogers, English Furniture, 1967, p. 239, fig. 197. Another is illustrated in C. Claxton Stevens and S. Whittington, 18th Century English Furniture: The Norman Adams Collection, 1983, p. 273.

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