ENGLISH REGENCY CARVED MAHOGANY OVAL CELLARETTE
c. 1810, attrib. Gillows
hinged oval fluted top with carved fluted handle, fitted with 10 lead-lined bottle compartments, brass lion head and ring carrying handles to sides, the body with fluted baluster columns continuing to ring-turned, tapering reeded legs with casters, 22.5"h; 28"w; 19"d
A similar example is illustrated in Macquoid and Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, rev.ed., vol 1, p.223. Gillows earliest sketch for an oval lead-lined cistern features in their 1787 Estimate Sketch Bok (see: L.Boynton, Gillow Furniture Designs, 1760-1800, Royston, 1995, fig. 178)
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Realized: $7,500 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 199 : ENGLISH REGENCY CARVED MAHOGANY OVAL CELLARETTE
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